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There are two kinds of love: we love wise and kind and beautiful people because we need them, but we love (or try to love) stupid and disagreeable people because they need us. this second kind is the more divine because that is how god loves us: not because we are lovable but because he is love, not because he needs to receive but he delights to give.
-C. S. Lewis
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There Are Two Kinds Of Love: We

C. S. Lewis
There are two kinds of love: we love wise and kind and beautiful people because we need them, but we love (or try to love) stupid and disagreeable people because they need us. this second kind is the more divine because that is how god loves us: not because we are lovable but because he is love, not because he needs to receive but he delights to give.
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