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Comment author: scmbradley 03 January 2012 11:12:02PM *  9 points [-]

Uncertainty, in the presence of vivid hopes and fears, is painful, but must be endured if we wish to live without the support of comforting fairy tales

— Bertrand Russell, History of Western Philosophy (from the introduction)