People often recommend, "Why do you ask?" as a good conversation stopper. But that really doesn't end the … - Emily Yoffe

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Remain alert about your blindness, about your fear, about your ignorance, and just your alertness will dispel the whole darkness of blindness, of fear, of ignorance.

Emily Yoffe

People often recommend, "Why do you ask?" as a good conversation stopper. But that really doesn't end the conversation, it just leaves the other person sputtering for a response. I like, "You'll be the first to know. ".

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