# “Our best havings are wantings” by C.S. Lewis

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- Published: 2021-07-29T12:00:47-05:00
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“All joy (as distinct from mere pleasure, still more amusement) emphasizes our pilgrim
status: always reminds, beckons, awakes desire.

Our best havings are wantings.”

–C.S. Lewis, [_Letters of C.S. Lewis_](https://amzn.to/3i4INEY), eds. W.H. Lewis
and Walter Hooper (New York: Harper, 1966), 565.

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