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When youre very young and you learn something - a fact, a piece of information, whatever - it doesnt connect to anything
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"When you're very young and you learn something - a fact, a piece of information, whatever - it doesn't connect to anything"

- Norton Juster

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This quote by Norton Juster talks to the concept that when we are young, we are still learning and establishing our understanding of the world. We may find out realities and pieces of information, however they don't always connect to anything else in our minds. We may not have the ability to understand the context of the info or how it associates with our lives. As we age, we start to make connections between the truths and info we find out and our own experiences. We begin to comprehend how the info suits the bigger image and how it can be applied to our lives. This quote speaks to the idea that when we are young, we are still discovering and establishing our understanding of the world. We might learn facts and pieces of details, but they don't always connect to anything else in our minds. We might not be able to comprehend the context of the details or how it connects to our lives. As we grow older, we begin to make connections between the facts and info we find out and our own experiences. We begin to comprehend how the details suits the larger image and how it can be applied to our lives. This quote is a suggestion that knowing is a continuous process which it takes some time to make sense of the world around us. It is likewise a suggestion that we should be client with ourselves and others as we discover and grow.

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USA Flag This quote is written / told by Norton Juster somewhere between June 2, 1929 and today. He/she was a famous Architect from USA. The author also have 13 other quotes.

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