They have chosen cunning instead of belief. Their prison is only in th…

C. S. Lewis
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They have chosen cunning instead of belief. Their prison is only in their minds, yet they are in that prison; and so afraid of being taken in that they cannot be taken out. ✨ C. S. Lewis (2001). The Wisdom of Narnia, HarperCollins
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