Even the kids, behind the slice of streetscape floating in the glass, had mastered the art of pretending not to see.
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This quote from Garth Risk Hallberg's 'City on Fire' captures a subtle but powerful aspect of human behavior: the deliberate act of disengagement or selective blindness. The image of children, often symbols of innocence and curiosity, being enclosed behind a "slice of streetscape floating in the glass", evokes a sense of separation from reality or a barrier that isolates them from the visceral experiences outside. Mastering the "art of pretending not...
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