“I write to understand as much as to be understood.”
Elie Wiesel (1928–2016) writer, professor, political activist, Nobel Laureate, and Holocaust survivor
“Not being understood may be taken as a sign that there is much in one to understand.”
— Alain de Botton, book Status Anxiety
Source: Status Anxiety
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