It is because they have no Oyarsa,' said one of the pupils. It is beca…

C. S. Lewis
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It is because they have no Oyarsa,' said one of the pupils. It is because everyone of them wants to be a little Oyarsa himself,' said Augray. ✨ C.S. Lewis (1996). Out of the Silent Planet, p.102, Simon and Schuster
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It is because they have no Oyarsa,' said one of the pupils. It is because everyone of them wants to be a little Oyarsa himself,' said Augray. ✨ C.S. Lewis (1996). Out of the Silent Planet, p.102, Simon and Schuster

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