C. S. Lewis Quotes

The difference [God's] timelessness makes is that this now (which slips away from you even as you say the word now) is for Him infinite.

C. S. Lewis

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• The difference [God's] timelessness makes is that this now (which slips away from you even as you say the word now) is for Him infinite.

  

  C. S. Lewis
  • God
  • Differences
  • Infinite