Remember, he is not, like you, a pure spirit. Never having been a huma…

C. S. Lewis
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Remember, he is not, like you, a pure spirit. Never having been a human (Oh that abominable advantage of the Enemy's) you don't realize how enslaved they are to the pressure of the ordinary. ✨ C. S. Lewis (2009). The Screwtape Letters, p.2, Harper Collins
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