“You're not a man, you're a mushroom!”

Antoine de Saint-Exupéry

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“One day I saw the sun set forty-four times!' And a little later you added, 'You know, when you're feeling very sad, sunsets are wonderful...''On the day of the forty-four times, were you feeling very sad?'But the little prince didn't answer.”


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