When you look directly at an insane man all you see is a reflection of your own knowledge that he's insane, which is not to see him at all. (Robert M. Pirsig)

When you look directly at an insane man all you see is a reflection of your own knowledge that he's insane, which is not to see him at all.

Robert M. Pirsig

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