You would not call a man humane for ceasing to set mousetraps if he did so because he believed there were no mice in the house.
("Mere Christianity")
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Is it easy to love God' asks an old author. 'It is easy,' he replies, 'to those who do it.' I have included two Graces under the word Charity. But God can give a third. He can awake in man, towards Himself, a supernatural Appreciative love. This is of all gifts the most to be desired. Here, not in our natural loves, nor even in ethics, lies the true centre of all human and angelic life. With this all things are possible.C.S. Lewis
Don't say it was delightful make us say delightful when we've read the description. You see, all those words (horrifying, wonderful, hideous, exquisite) are only like saying to your readers Please will you do the job for me.
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A powerful dragon crying its eyes out under the moon in a deserted valley is a sight and a sound hardly to be imagined.
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Badness is only spoiled goodness.
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Do not by any means destroy yourself, for if you live you may yet have good fortune, but all the dead are dead like.
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