We all suffer under a curse, the curse that we know more than we can endure, and there is nothing, absolutely nothing we can do about the force and the lure of this knowledge.

About This Quote

In this quote, C.S. Lewis is speaking about the knowledge that people have that is more painful than they can bear. He is talking about the knowledge of evil and how it can overwhelm us with sadness and dread. We know so much about evil and so many terrible things that we dream of doing, but we can never do them.

Source: Vittorio, The Vampire

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