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Quote by Iris Murdoch
The notion that one will not survive a particular catastrophe is,

The notion that one will not survive a particular catastrophe is, in general terms, a comfort since it is equivalent to abolishing the catastrophe. – Iris Murdoch

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We shall be better prepared for the future if we see how terrible, how doomed the present is. – Iris Murdoch

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There is no substitute for the comfort supplied by the utterly taken-for granted relationship. – Iris Murdoch

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