Humans are amphibians - half spirit and half animal. As spirits they belong to the eternal world, but as animals they inhabit time. (C. S. Lewis)

Humans are amphibians - half spirit and half animal. As spirits they belong to the eternal world, but as animals they inhabit time.

C. S. Lewis

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