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We believe that whatever feels at first like joy is not. Or is, but will not last. Or should not last. We feel so sure of this that we will undermine our own inklings of joy, blunting the pain we think awaits.

Anneli Rufus

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Anneli Rufus
Age: 54
Essayist
Journalist
S. Rufus
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