Sometimes you find the panel, but it doesn’t open; sometimes it opens,…

Julian Barnes
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Sometimes you find the panel, but it doesn’t open; sometimes it opens, and your gaze meets nothing but a mouse skeleton. But at least you’ve looked. That’s the real distinction between people: not between those who have secrets and those who don’t, but between those who want to know everything and those who don’t. This search is a sign of love I maintain. ✨ Julian Barnes (1985). Flaubert's parrot, Alfred a Knopf Inc
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