Affection is responsible for nine-tenths of whatever solid and durable…

C. S. Lewis
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Affection is responsible for nine-tenths of whatever solid and durable happiness there is in our lives. ✨ C. S. Lewis (2003). A Mind Awake: An Anthology of C. S. Lewis, p.188, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
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