Most people, if they had really learned to look into their own hearts, would know that they do want, and want acutely, something that cannot be had in this world. There are all sorts of things in this world that offer to give it to you, but they never quite keep their promise. β¨ C. S. Lewis (2012). The Complete C. S. Lewis Signature Classics, p.117, HarperCollins UK
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