Experience shows us that love does not consist in gazing at each other but in looking together in the same direction.

Aimer, ce n’est pas se regarder l’un l’autre, c’est regarder ensemble dans la même direction.

Antoine de Saint-Exupery

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Nature of love Love Relationships

Author

Antoine de Saint-Exupery

Source

Wind, Sand and Stars

Genre

Autobiography and memoir

Language

French

Time

1939 1930s 20th century

Occupation

Writer

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France Europe

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Citation

De Saint-Exupery, Antoine. Terre des hommes [Wind, Sand and Stars]. Gallimard, 1939.

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Time
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Charles de Gaulle
Statement Type
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Language
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Time
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