That is what learning is. You suddenly understand something you've understood all your life, but in a new way. - Doris (May) Lessing (1919 - 2013): The Children of Violence Book 5 (The Four-Gated City)
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それが「学ぶ」ということ。分かりきっていたはずの何かが、突然新たな意味で理解されるのだ。 - ドリス・レッシング (1919 - 2013): 『暴力の子供たち』第五巻
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