When you write books for a living, you come to realize that while not all people who write to authors are strange, all people who are strange write to authors. Recently
“It’s all part of the pedagogic reflex, which in France is as common as acid reflux, an involuntary burping up of knowledge. In this part of the world people are still infatuated with knowing things, whereas in the States we have outsourced that pesky task to Google.”
― French Like Moi: A Midwesterner in Paris
― French Like Moi: A Midwesterner in Paris
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