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I think a discussion would be incomplete without remembering The Little Prince, Wind Sand and Stars. Time for me to read Saint-Exupery again. If you want to bu
by srean 8y ago
I think a discussion would be incomplete without remembering The Little Prince, Wind Sand and Stars. Time for me to read Saint-Exupery again.
If you want to build a ship, don't drum up the men to gather wood, divide the work and give orders. Instead, teach them to yearn for the vast and endless sea. -- Antoine Saint-Exupery
One biographer wrote of his most famous work: "Rarely have an author and a character been so intimately bound together as Antoine de Saint-Exupéry and his Little Prince," and remarking of their dual fates, "...the two remain tangled together, twin innocents who fell from the sky." -- From Wikipedia
- mulmen 8y agoPet peeve but it matters. That quote “from Wikipedia” [1] is by Stacy Schiff and published in the New York Times [2]. Wikipedia Should never be referenced as a primary source. It does include citations to the proper sources. [1]: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Little_Prince https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Little_Prince [2]: https://archive.nytimes.com/www.nytimes.com/books/00/06/25/bookend/bookend.html https://archive.nytimes.com/www.nytimes.com/books/00/06/25/b...
- srean 8y agoFair enough. It was a deliberate choice though. I did not want (a) to give an impression that I was familiar with the original source and (b) felt a few readers would be piqued enough to read the Wikipedia page for more.
- mulmen 8y agoIf you want people to read something providing a link and proper context is a good start. It’s obvious that you have familiarity because you’re posting about it.