Awake. Love. Think. Speak. Be walking trees. Be talking beasts. Be div…

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Awake. Love. Think. Speak. Be walking trees. Be talking beasts. Be divine waters. ✨ C. S. Lewis (2003). A Mind Awake: An Anthology of C. S. Lewis, p.208, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
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