We sometimes have a flash of understanding that amounts to the insight of genius, and yet it slowly withers, even in our hands - like a flower. The form remains, but the colours and the fragrance are gone.

Robert Musil
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Sometimes we have a flash of understanding that amounts to the insight of genius, and yet it slowly withers, even in our hands. It is like a flower. The form remains, but the colours and the fragrance are gone.

Source: The Confusions Of Young TaRless

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