14 August 2023

Lewis

And even where the planners fail and someone is left physically by himself, the wireless* has seen to it that he will be—in a sense not intended by Scipio—never less alone than when alone. We live, in fact, in a world starved for solitude, silence, and privacy; and therefore starved for meditation and true friendship.—Business of Heaven, p. 207. 

*If he thought that about the radio, I wonder what on earth he’d say to us today about social media on the internet and texting and such!

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