When you are behaving as if you loved someone, you will presently come…

C. S. Lewis
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When you are behaving as if you loved someone, you will presently come to love him. If you injure someone you dislike, you will find yourself disliking him more. If you do him a good turn, you will find yourself disliking him less. ✨ C.S. Lewis (1996). Joyful Christian, p.140, Simon and Schuster
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When you are behaving as if you loved someone, you will presently come to love him. If you injure someone you dislike, you will find yourself disliking him more. If you do him a good turn, you will find yourself disliking him less. ✨ C.S. Lewis (1996). Joyful Christian, p.140, Simon and Schuster

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