Surely a man needs a closed place wherein he may strike root and, like…

Antoine de Saint-Exupery
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Surely a man needs a closed place wherein he may strike root and, like the seed, become. But also he needs the great Milky Way above him and the vast sea spaces, though neither stars nor ocean serve his daily needs.
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