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Jostein Gaarder, Sophie's World Quotes: If an overgrown child draws something on a piece of paper, you can't ask the paper what the drawing is supposed to represent.
         

If an overgrown child draws something on a piece of paper, you can't ask the paper what the drawing is supposed to represent.


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