Can we put "shock 'n' awe" to rest now?
I heard it used within the context of an unexpected pregnancy today.
I've moved on to "mock-guffaw" already.
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Knowing that death is certain and that the time of death is uncertain, what's the most important thing?
—Bhikkhuni Pema Chödrön
Humankind cannot bear very much reality.
—From "Burnt Norton," Four Quartets (1936), T. S. Eliot
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