“Understanding is but the sum of misunderstandings.”
Haruki Murakami book Sputnik Sweetheart
Source: Sputnik Sweetheart
“Understanding, as we understand it, is misunderstanding.”
— Elias Canetti, book Auto-da-Fé
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