She was simply Asha, a woman on her own. Had the situation been otherwise, she might not have come to know her own brain.

Katherine Boo
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When we find out the name of the person we love but we haven’t met, we can think of that person as having a particular personality and characteristics. This idea is called “preference for information.” If we like someone, we don’t want to know too much about them and prefer not to be told all the details about their lives.

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