It doesn't really matter whether you grip the arms of the dentist's ch…

C. S. Lewis
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It doesn't really matter whether you grip the arms of the dentist's chair or let your hands lie in your lap. The drill drills on. ✨ C.S. Lewis (2012). A Grief Observed, p.17, Faber & Faber
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It doesn't really matter whether you grip the arms of the dentist's chair or let your hands lie in your lap. The drill drills on. ✨ C.S. Lewis (2012). A Grief Observed, p.17, Faber & Faber

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