I know now, Lord, why you utter no answer. You are yourself the answer…

C. S. Lewis
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I know now, Lord, why you utter no answer. You are yourself the answer. Before your face questions die away. What other answer would suffice? ✨ C. S. Lewis (2003). A Mind Awake: An Anthology of C. S. Lewis, p.26, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
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