I sometimes think that shame, mere awkward, senseless shame, does as m…

C. S. Lewis
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I sometimes think that shame, mere awkward, senseless shame, does as much towards preventing good acts and straightforward happiness as any of our vices can do. ✨ C.S. Lewis (2012). A Grief Observed, p.7, Faber & Faber
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I sometimes think that shame, mere awkward, senseless shame, does as much towards preventing good acts and straightforward happiness as any of our vices can do. ✨ C.S. Lewis (2012). A Grief Observed, p.7, Faber & Faber

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