Two small teacups side by side on a narrow blue plinth with a thin silver arc of light between them.

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Terre des Hommes (1939) (Wind, Sand and Stars)

Antoine de Saint-Exupery

Love does not consist in gazing at each other but in looking outward together in the same direction.

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Real love, says the speaker, is not two people staring at one another but sharing a common purpose. Partners who look outward in the same direction are bound by what they pursue together, not merely by mutual attention.

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