Adults constantly raise the bar on smart children, precisely because they're able to handle it. The children get overwhelmed by the tasks in front of them and gradually lose the sort of openness and sense of accomplishment they innately have.
 Haruki Murakami, Kafka on the Shore (2002). copy citation

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Author Haruki Murakami
Source Kafka on the Shore
Topic openness accomplishment
Date 2002
Language English
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Note Translated by Philip Gabriel
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