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We do not enjoy a story fully at the first reading. not till the curiosity, the sheer narrative lust, has been given its sop and laid asleep, are we at leisure to savour the real beauties.
-C. S. Lewis
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We Do Not Enjoy A Story Fully

C. S. Lewis
We do not enjoy a story fully at the first reading. not till the curiosity, the sheer narrative lust, has been given its sop and laid asleep, are we at leisure to savour the real beauties.
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