He (God) loved us not because we are lovable, but because He is love. …

C. S. Lewis
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He (God) loved us not because we are lovable, but because He is love. ✨ C. S. Lewis (2009). The Collected Letters of C.S. Lewis, Volume 3: Narnia, Cambridge, and Joy, 1950 - 1963, p.119, Harper Collins
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