We are half-hearted creatures, fooling about with drink and sex and ambition when infinite joy is offered us, like an ignorant child who wants to go on making mud pies in a slum because he cannot imagine what is meant by the offer of a holiday at the sea.

Narnia, Christian apologist

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The Weight of Glory

Date / Period

1949

Category

Humorous

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https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/25017-we-are-half-hearted-creatures-fooling-abo…

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