She's the sort of woman who lives for others

C. S. Lewis
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She's the sort of woman who lives for others - you can tell the others by their hunted expression. ✨ Screwtape Letters (1942) no. 26
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She's the sort of woman who lives for others - you can tell the others by their hunted expression. ✨ Screwtape Letters (1942) no. 26

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