There are no ordinary people. You have never talked to a mere mortal. Nations, cultures, arts, civilizations - these are mortal, and their life is to ours as the life of a gnat. But it is immortals whom we joke with, work with, marry, snub and exploit - immortal horrors or everlasting splendors. This does not mean that we are to be perpetually solemn. We must play. But our merriment must be of that kind {and it is, in fact, the merriest kind} which exists between people who have, from the outset, taken each other seriously - no flippancy, no superiority, no presumption.
( C.S. Lewis )
[ The Weight of Glory ]
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