She cast her fragrance and her radiance over me. I ought nev... - Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, The Little Prince

"She cast her fragrance and her radiance over me. I ought never to have run away from her... I ought to have guessed all the affection that lay behind her poor little stratagems. Flowers are so inconsistent! But I was too young to know how to love her..."

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