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“Even in literature and art, no man who bothers about originality will ever be original: whereas if you simply try to tell the truth (without caring twopence how often it has been told before) you will, nine times out of ten, become original without ever having noticed it.”
― Mere Christianity
― Mere Christianity
“You have to write the book that wants to be written. And if the book will be too difficult for grown-ups, then you write it for children.”
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“If freedom of speech is taken away, then dumb and silent we may be led, like sheep to the slaughter.”
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“You can never get a cup of tea large enough or a book long enough to suit me.”
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“The saddest aspect of life right now is that science gathers knowledge faster than society gathers wisdom.”
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Once Upon a Time...
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