C. S. Lewis Quotes

No more I do, your Majesty. But what's that got to do with it? I might as well die on a wild goose chase as die here.

C. S. Lewis

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• No more I do, your Majesty. But what's that got to do with it? I might as well die on a wild goose chase as die here.

  

  C. S. Lewis
  • Die
  • Might
  • Majesty