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

C. S. Lewis
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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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