It's like the sound of a chuckle in the darkness. The sense that some …

C. S. Lewis
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It's like the sound of a chuckle in the darkness. The sense that some shattering and disarming simplicity is the real answer. ✨ C.S. Lewis (2012). A Grief Observed, p.34, Faber & Faber
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