Antoine de Saint-Exupery Quotes

We do not pray for immortality, but only not to see our acts and all things stripped suddenly of all their meaning; for then it is the utter emptiness of everything reveals itself.

Antoine de Saint-Exupery

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  • Pray
  • Immortality