Perfection is only achieved when there is nothing more that can be taken away rather then when there are things that can be added

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About Antoine de Saint-Exupéry

Antoine de Saint Exupéry (29 June 1900 – 31 July 1944) was a French writer, poet and aviator.

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рече той на цветчето.
Но то не му отвърна.
- Сбогом - повтори той.
Цветчето покашля.Но то не беше от настинка.
- Аз бях глупава - каза най-сетне то. - Моля те да ми простиш.Дано бъдеш честит.
Той се изненада, че нямаше укори.И остана така, объркан, с похлупака в ръце.Той не проумяваше тази кротка нежност.
- Да, разбира се, аз те обичам - каза цветчето. - По моя вина ти нищо не разбра.Това няма никакво значение.Но и ти също така беше глупав като мен.Дано бъдеш щастлив...Остави този похлупак на мира.Не го ща вече!..

Sitting in the flickering light of the candles on this kerchief of sand, on this village square, we waited in the night. We were waiting for the rescuing dawn - or for the Moors. Something, I know not what, lent this night a savor of Christmas. We told stories, we joked, we sang songs. In the air there was that slight fever that reigns over a gaily prepared feast. And yet we were infinitely poor. Wind, sand, and stars. The austerity of Trappists. But on this badly lighted cloth, a handful of men who possessed nothing in the world but their memories were sharing invisible riches.