Quote by Joan Didion
A pool is, for many of us in the West, a symbol not of affluence b

A pool is, for many of us in the West, a symbol not of affluence but of order, of control over the uncontrollable. A pool is water, made available and useful, and is, as such, infinitely soothing to the western eye. – Joan Didion

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