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> [“It is therefore easy to see why Authority frowns on Friendship. Every real Friendship is a sort of secession, even a rebellion. It may be a rebellion of serious thinkers against accepted clap-trap or of faddists against accepted good sense;…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/clive-staples-lewis/it-is-therefore-easy-to-see-why-authority-frowns-on-friendship-every/)

Clive Staples Lewis

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## More by Clive Staples Lewis

> [“It is therefore easy to see why Authority frowns on Friendship. Every real Friendship is a sort of secession, even a rebellion. It may…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/clive-staples-lewis/it-is-therefore-easy-to-see-why-authority-frowns-on-friendship-every/)

Clive Staples Lewis

> [“Teach him to call it ‘real-life and don’t let him ask what he means by ‘real’. (...) Never having been human (...) you don’t…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/clive-staples-lewis/teach-him-to-call-it-real-life-and-don-t-let-him-ask-what-he-means-by/)

Clive Staples Lewis

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