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"The relationship between teacher and student is based on illusion. The teacher is under the illusion that he is teaching something, and the student is under the illusion that he is being taught. What’s important is that this shared illusion makes both teacher and student happy. Nothing good is gained by facing the truth, after all. All we’re doing is playing at education."
— Aug 01, 2026 08:19PM
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Aug 03, 2026 08:55AM
Nice quote! This was the first Higashino I read and loved it. Did Nonoguchi say this quote?
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Hi The Book Eclectic, glad you enjoyed it! This was my first Higashino as well. Your intuition about the quote is spot-on: it was indeed Osamu Nonoguchi. No wonder he quit his teaching career with such views on the job! 😆