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C.S. Lewis, The Horse and His Boy Quotes: O my mistress, do not by any means destroy yourself, for if you live you may yet have good fortune but all the dead are dead alike!
         

O my mistress, do not by any means destroy yourself, for if you live you may yet have good fortune but all the dead are dead alike!


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O my mistress, do not by any means destroy yourself, for if you live you may yet have good fortune but all the dead are dead alike!
         



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