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In the years afterward, I fled whenever somebody began to understand me. That has subsided. But one thing remained: I don't want anybody to understand me completely. I want to go through life unknown. The blindness of others is my safety and my freedom.

Pascal Mercier
Life, Years, Safety
Pascal Mercier (2008). “Night Train to Lisbon: A Novel”, p.424, Grove/Atlantic, Inc.
In the years afterward, I fled whenever somebody began to understand me. That has subsided. But one thing remained: I don't want anybody to understand me completely. I want to go through life unknown. The blindness of