The well in the desert
“What makes the desert beautiful,” said the little prince, “is that somewhere it hides a well…” - Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, The Little Prince
To the Little Prince, the desert is not about the harsh realities of survival or what the eye can see. A desert is a place of beauty because somewhere, somewhere hidden amongst the piles of sand there is a spring, and this hidden water, in turn, provides beauty and life and love to the weary ship-wrecked travelers.
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