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Decay is quiet but ghastly, explosion is dramatic and dreadful. there's not much to choose between the two of them in reality, and most of our lives have sufficient of both.
-Anne Roiphe
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Decay Is Quiet But Ghastly, Explosion Is

Anne Roiphe
Decay is quiet but ghastly, explosion is dramatic and dreadful. there's not much to choose between the two of them in reality, and most of our lives have sufficient of both.
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