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C.S. Lewis, Surprised by Joy: The Shape of My Early Life Quotes: You can do more with a castle in a story than with the best cardboard castle that ever stood on a nursery table.
         

You can do more with a castle in a story than with the best cardboard castle that ever stood on a nursery table.


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