# Quote — C. S. Lewis, The Screwtape Letters

> Much of the modern resistance to chastity comes from men's belief that they "own" their bodies — those vast and perilous estates, pulsating with the energy that made the worlds, in which they find themselves without their consent and from which they are ejected at the pleasure of Another!

- Author: [C. S. Lewis](https://www.leafyquotes.com/c-s-lewis.md)
- Book: [The Screwtape Letters](https://www.leafyquotes.com/c-s-lewis/the-screwtape-letters.md)
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> A sensible human once said, "If people knew how much ill-feeling unselfishness occasions, it would not be so often recommended from the pulpit"; and again, "She's the sort of woman who lives for others — you can always tell the others by their hunted expression."

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