I thought I knew not only her habits but also her limits. This display of ferocity, of savage courage, made me realize that I was wrong. All my life I had known only a part of her.

Yann Martel
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When you first start dating someone it is easy to think that you know them. You make assumptions about what they are like and what they will do. You think that they will be the same as you. But, after a while, you realize that there is always more to a person than what you first see.

When you get to know a person’s true nature, you realize that their actions seem at odds with what you thought they would be like. You also see that they have a strength of character that is not in line with the person that their friends describe them as being. This quote from Oliver Twist, by Charles Dickens, beautifully illustrates the theme of how when we met someone for the first time we made assumptions about them based on our understanding of their actions but after getting to know them we realized that every part of them was different from what we thought.

Source: Life Of Pi

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