C. S. Lewis Quotes

The real job of every moral teacher is to keep bringing us back to the simple principles, which we're so anxious not to see.

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• I'm not one of those Hollywood moms where my kid is three weeks old and I'm a size zero. I'm a real woman and I'm a working woman and a working mom.

  

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• The real job of every moral teacher is to keep bringing us back to the simple principles, which we're so anxious not to see.

  

  C. S. Lewis
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