I thought I could describe a state; make a map of sorrow. Sorrow, hoev…

C. S. Lewis
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I thought I could describe a state; make a map of sorrow. Sorrow, hoever, turns out to be not a state but a process. ✨ C.S. Lewis (2012). A Grief Observed, p.29, Faber & Faber
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I thought I could describe a state; make a map of sorrow. Sorrow, hoever, turns out to be not a state but a process. ✨ C.S. Lewis (2012). A Grief Observed, p.29, Faber & Faber

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