Sarah PerryNot even knowledge takes all the strangeness from the world
About This Quote
Words like “stupid” and “ignorant” are often used when we want to express that we find what someone is saying odd, ridiculous, or difficult to believe. These words, however, lack the power to capture the strangeness of what we experience. We can explain why our world is different from the way it appears to be, but we cannot explain why our world appears as it does.
Source: The Essex Serpent
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