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“You see what you expect to see” J. K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows
“The eye which turns from a white object in the light of the sun and goes into a less fully lighted place will see everything as dark.” Leonardo da Vinci, The Notebooks of Leonardo Da Vinci
“We run carelessly to the precipice, after we have put something before us to prevent us seeing it.” Blaise Pascal, Pensées
“People generally see what they look for, and hear what they listen for” Harper Lee, To Kill a Mockingbird
“Such is the influence which the condition of our own thoughts, exercise, even over the appearance of external objects.” Charles Dickens, Oliver Twist
“I wonder how many people I’ve looked at all my life and never seen.” John Steinbeck, The Winter of Our Discontent

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