While it is hard to fathom who we are and how we are to live when public chaos shatters our routine, the slow-motion pain of each private death and c… - Anne Lamott

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While it is hard to fathom who we are and how we are to live when public chaos shatters our routine, the slow-motion pain of each private death and cataclysm we endure is harder. Each slams us off our feet, yet we have agreed to pretend to be fine again at some point, ideally as soon as possible, so as not to seem self-indulgent or embarrass anybody. Then people can get on with their lives.

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Anne Lamott (born 10 April 1954) is an American novelist and non-fiction writer.

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