• it's impossible to conquer all fear and loss by preparation. There are always sources of desolation that aren't taken into account because no one knows what they will be.

    Nadine Gordimer: it's impossible to conquer all fear and loss by preparation. There are always sources of desolation that aren't taken into account because no one knows what they will be.
    Nadine Gordimer (2012). “Burger's Daughter”, p.9, Bloomsbury Publishing