“ Don't you understand that we need to be childish in order to understand? Only a child sees things with perfect clarity, because it hasn't developed all those filters which prevent us from seeing things that we don't expect to see. ”
Source: Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency
Categories: Children Learning Understanding
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