Original artwork, not a still
The Screwtape Letters · 1942
The safest road to Hell is the gradual one--the gentle slope, soft underfoot, without sudden turnings, without milestones, without signposts.
Behind the line
What it means
Our interpretation.
Lewis describes moral decline as something quiet and almost pleasant rather than dramatic, a slow, comfortable descent instead of one big obvious wrong turn. Without sharp warnings or landmarks along the way, someone could drift downward gradually and never notice they'd gone anywhere at all.
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