Clifton FadimanBooks act like a developing fluid on film. That is, they bring into consciousness what you didn’t know you knew.
About This Quote
In the film Inception, the character Cobb had a dream in which he was walking through a library. He saw a quote of this type on the wall. It meant that he was remembering things from his own life that he hadn't remembered before. The quote was a way for him to understand his own mind and how it works.
Source: The New Lifetime Reading Plan: The Classic Guide To World Literature, Revised And Expanded
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