An Eternal Present/ Patrick Modiano
I used to believe that their memory came to me like light from a star that died a thousand years ago, as a poet once said. But no. There was no past, no dead star, no light-years forever separating us from one another—only an eternal present.
The time you have wasted/ Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
Here is my secret. It is very simple: one sees clearly only with the heart. What is essential is invisible to the eye.
“What is essential is invisible to the eye,” the little prince repeated, so that he would remember.
“It is the time you have wasted for your rose that makes your rose so important.”
“It is the time I have wasted for my rose…” said the little prince, so that he would remember.
