But the truth is that no person ever understands another, from beginni…

Orson Scott Card
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But the truth is that no person ever understands another, from beginning to end of life, there is no truth that can be known, only the story we imagine to be true, the story they really believe to be true about themselves; and all of them lies. ✨ Orson Scott Card (2009). Children of the Mind, p.82, Macmillan
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