Perhaps the experience had been so complete that repetition would be v…

C. S. Lewis
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Perhaps the experience had been so complete that repetition would be vulgarity - like asking to hear the same symphony twice in a day. ✨ C.S. Lewis (1996). Perelandra, p.38, Simon and Schuster
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