Parsa

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“I had walked along that street all my life, but had never been so aware that my back was to my home”
― Tracy Chevalier, Girl with a Pearl Earring

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“I do wish you wouldn't argue with me when I'm knitting.”
― Gerald Durrell, My Family and Other Animals

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“Yes, well, life is a folly. If you live long enough, nothing is surprising.”
― Tracy Chevalier, Girl with a Pearl Earring

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“Each day had a tranquility a timelessness about it so that you wished it would never end. But then the dark skin of the night would peel off and there would be a fresh day waiting for us glossy and colorful as a child's transfer and with the same tinge of unreality.”
― Gerald Durrell, My Family and Other Animals

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“I said I *liked* being half-educated; you were so much more *surprised* at everything when you were ignorant.”
― Gerald Durrell, My Family and Other Animals

tags: discovery, learning, surprise, wonder

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