I wonder, he said, whether the stars are set alight in heaven so that …

Antoine de Saint-Exupery
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I wonder, he said, whether the stars are set alight in heaven so that one day each one of us may find his own again.
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I wonder, he said, whether the stars are set alight in heaven so that one day each one of us may find his own again.

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