C. S. Lewis Quotes

I sometimes wonder whether all pleasures are not substitutes for joy.

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• I sometimes wonder whether all pleasures are not substitutes for joy.

  

  C. S. Lewis
  • Joy
  • Sometimes
  • Wonder