I don't think the world is the way we like to think it is. I don't think it's one solid world, but many, thousands upon thousands of them — as many a… - Charles de Lint

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I don't think the world is the way we like to think it is. I don't think it's one solid world, but many, thousands upon thousands of them — as many as there are people — because each person perceives the world in his or her own way; each lives in his or her own world. Sometimes they connect, for a moment, or more rarely, for a lifetime, but mostly we are alone, each living in our own world, suffering our small deaths.