#disconcerting

It seems to me that everything that happens to us is a disconcerting mix of choice and contingency. ↗

— Penelope Lively

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You cannot raise the standard against oppression, or leap into the breach to relieve injustice, and still keep an open mind to every disconcerting fact, or an open ear to the cold voice of doubt. ↗

— Learned Hand

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