I cannot think of a single word to describe what we feel. I think we a…

David Levithan
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I cannot think of a single word to describe what we feel. I think we all feel it, to varying degrees. Perhaps in some other language there is a word for 'the world is terribly wrong.' That feeling of stun and unbelief and abandonment and shock and horror and distress. ✨ David Levithan (2009). Love Is the Higher Law, p.38, Knopf Books for Young Readers
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