We are born helpless. As soon as we are fully conscious we discover lo…

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We are born helpless. As soon as we are fully conscious we discover loneliness. We need others physically, emotionally, and intellectually. We need them if we are to know anything, even ourselves. ✨ C. S. Lewis (1971). The Four Loves, p.14, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
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Very few modern people think Friendship a love of comparable value or even a love at all. ✨ C. S. Lewis (1971). The Four Loves, p.69, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
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We do not see into men’s hearts. We cannot judge, and are indeed forbidden to judge. ✨ C. S. Lewis (2009). Mere Christianity, p.9, HarperCollins UK
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We are born helpless. As soon as we are fully conscious we discover loneliness. We need others physically, emotionally, and intellectually. We need them if we are to know anything, even ourselves. ✨ C. S. Lewis (1971). The Four Loves, p.14, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

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