Provided that any of those neighbours sing out of tune or have boots t…

C. S. Lewis
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Provided that any of those neighbours sing out of tune or have boots that squeak, or double chins, or odd clothes, the patient will quite easily believe that their religion must therefore be somehow ridiculous. ✨ C. S. Lewis (2013). The Screwtape Letters: Annotated Edition, p.17, Harper Collins
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Provided that any of those neighbours sing out of tune or have boots that squeak, or double chins, or odd clothes, the patient will quite easily believe that their religion must therefore be somehow ridiculous. ✨ C. S. Lewis (2013). The Screwtape Letters: Annotated Edition, p.17, Harper Collins

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