You would not have called to me unless I had been calling to you, said…

C. S. Lewis
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You would not have called to me unless I had been calling to you, said the Lion. ✨ C. S. Lewis (2003). A Mind Awake: An Anthology of C. S. Lewis, p.26, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
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You would not have called to me unless I had been calling to you, said the Lion. ✨ C. S. Lewis (2003). A Mind Awake: An Anthology of C. S. Lewis, p.26, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

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