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if something is there, you can only see it with your eyes open, but if it isn't there, you can see it just as well with your eyes closed. That's why imaginary things are often easier to see than real ones.
if something is there, you can only see it with your eyes open, but if it isn't there, you can see it just as well with your eyes closed. That's why imaginary things are often easier to see than real ones.
Approximate author period: c. 1975 AD · modern
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- Approximate author period: c. 1975 AD · modern
Approximate author-period evidence for Norton Juster: life dates 1929 to 2021. Wikidata Q5894750, inspected 2026-10-08. Not a quotation composition date or independent verification of attribution. Source: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5894750 (accessed 2026-10-08).
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