一人の男が、大聖堂像を心に描き岩山にじっと見入るその瞬間、岩山は岩山であることをやめる。 - サンテグジュペリ (1900 - 44)
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A rock pile ceases to be a rock pile the moment a single man contemplates it, bearing within him the image of a cathedral. - Antoine de Saint-Exupéry (1900 - 44)
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