All natural disasters are comforting because they reaffirm our impoten…

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All natural disasters are comforting because they reaffirm our impotence, in which, otherwise, we might stop believing. At times it is strangely sedative to know the extent of your own powerlessness. ✨ Erica Jong (2013). Fear of Flying: 40th Anniversary Edition, p.281, Open Road Media
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All natural disasters are comforting because they reaffirm our impotence, in which, otherwise, we might stop believing. At times it is strangely sedative to know the extent of your own powerlessness. ✨ Erica Jong (2013). Fear of Flying: 40th Anniversary Edition, p.281, Open Road Media

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