We want, in fact, not so much a father in heaven as a grandfather in heaven: a senile benevolence who, as they say, liked to see young people enjoying themselves and whose plan for the universe was simply that it might be truly said at the end of each day, a good time was had by all. β¨ C. S. Lewis (2009). A Year with C. S. Lewis: Daily Readings from His Classic Works, p.19, Harper Collins
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