There’s no other man, in such affliction as yours, to whom I’d dare write so plainly. And that, if you can believe me, is the strongest proof of my belief in you and love for you. To fools and weaklings one writes soft things.
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| — | C.S. Lewis, in a letter to Sheldon Vanauken, which inspired the book A Severe Mercy, and gave it its title. p210 |
