Favorite novel of all time.
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"I must endure the presence of two or three caterpillars if I wish to be acquainted with the butterflies."
Antoine de Saint-Exupery, The Little Prince.
Voici mon secret. Il est très simple: on ne voit bien qu’avec le cœur. L’essentiel est invisible pour les yeux.
Here is my secret. It is very simple: It is only with the heart that one can see clearly; what is essential is invisible to the eye.
“It is only with the heart that one can see rightly; what is essential is invisible to the eye.” - The Little Prince
Fifty-Three Minutes
Quote from The Little Prince, Chapter 23.
“Good morning,” said the little prince.
“Good morning,” said the merchant.
He was a merchant selling sophisticated pills intended to quench one’s thirst. If a single pill was swallowed once a week, the need to drink disappeared.
“Why are you selling those?” asked the little prince.
“Because it saves a lot of time,” said the merchant. “Experts have worked it all out. You save fifty-three minutes a week.”
“And what does one do with those fifty-three minutes?”
“Whatever one wishes.”
“If I had fifty-three minutes to spend,” said the little prince, “I would walk very slowly towards a spring of fresh water…”
A. Koshkin
