Religion enables us to ignore nothingness and get on with the jobs of …

John Updike
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Religion enables us to ignore nothingness and get on with the jobs of life. ✨ John Updike (2012). Self-Consciousness: Memoirs, p.228, Random House
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Religion enables us to ignore nothingness and get on with the jobs of life. ✨ John Updike (2012). Self-Consciousness: Memoirs, p.228, Random House

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