A creature revolting against a creator is revolting against the source…

C. S. Lewis
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A creature revolting against a creator is revolting against the source of his own powers-including even his power to revolt...It is like the scent of a flower trying to destroy the flower. ✨ C. S. Lewis (2003). A Mind Awake: An Anthology of C. S. Lewis, p.104, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
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A creature revolting against a creator is revolting against the source of his own powers-including even his power to revolt...It is like the scent of a flower trying to destroy the flower. ✨ C. S. Lewis (2003). A Mind Awake: An Anthology of C. S. Lewis, p.104, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

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