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> [“All this is flashy rhetoric about loving you. I never had a selfless thought since I was born. I am mercenary and self-seeking through and through: I want God, you, all friends, merely to serve my turn. Peace, re-assurance, pleasure,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/c-s-lewis-2/all-this-is-flashy-rhetoric-about-loving-you-i-never-had-a-selfless/)

[C.S. Lewis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/c-s-lewis-2/)

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> [“Despite the crushing weight of the expectations placed on her, from the theological to the self-inflicted, what I needed was the last, selfless thought in her sleepy head.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tammara-webber/despite-the-crushing-weight-of-the-expectations-placed-on-her-from/)

[Tammara Webber](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tammara-webber/)

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