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We never look beyond our assumptions and what's worse, we have given up trying to meet others we just meet ourselves.

Muriel Barbery

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Muriel Barbery
Age: 55
Born: 1969
Born: May 28
Novelist
Screenwriter
Writer
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Beyond
Given
Others
Look
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Assumptions
Trying
Assumption
Never
Worse
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Pastries . . . can only be appreciated to the full extent of their subtlety when they are not eaten to assuage our hunger, when the orgy of their sugary sweetness is not destined to full some primary need but to coat our palate with all the benevolence of the world.
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... they have never seen you ... I would recognize you anywhere.
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