And in that far distant day when the gods become wholly beautiful, or …

C. S. Lewis
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And in that far distant day when the gods become wholly beautiful, or we at last are shown how beautiful they always were, this will happen more and more. For mortals, as you said, will become more and more jealous. And mother and wife and child and friend will all be in league to keep a soul from being united with the Divine Nature. ✨ C. S. Lewis (1980). Till We Have Faces: A Myth Retold, p.310, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
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