Affection would not be affection if it was loudly and frequently expre…

C. S. Lewis
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Affection would not be affection if it was loudly and frequently expressed; to produce it in public is like getting your household furniture out for a move. It did very well in its place, but it looks shabby or tawdry or grotesque in the sunshine. ✨ C. S. Lewis (1971). The Four Loves, p.46, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
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