Kazuo IshiguroOne is not struck by the truth until prompted quite accidentally by some external event.
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If you are always thinking about the truth, the truth will strike you incidentally. If you are always thinking about the truth, you will often be reminded of it. If that happens, you will then realize that the truth has struck you.
Source: The Remains Of The Day
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