Those who cannot conceive of Friendship as a substantive love but only…

C. S. Lewis
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Those who cannot conceive of Friendship as a substantive love but only as a disguise or elaboration of Eros betray the fact that they have never had a Friend. ✨ C. S. Lewis (1971). The Four Loves, p.73, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
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Those who cannot conceive of Friendship as a substantive love but only as a disguise or elaboration of Eros betray the fact that they have never had a Friend. ✨ C. S. Lewis (1971). The Four Loves, p.73, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

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