If I am attempting to describe him, it is in order not to forget him. It is sad to forget a friend. Not every one has had a friend. - Antoine de Saint-Exupéry

To forget a friend is sad. Not everyone has had a friend.

To forget a friend is sad.

Las personas grandes aman las cifras. Cuando les habláis de un nuevo amigo, no os interrogan jamás sobre lo esencial. Jamás os dicen: «¿Cómo es el timbre de su voz? ¿Cuáles son los juegos que prefiere? ¿Colecciona mariposas?» En cambio, os preguntan: «¿Qué edad tiene? ¿Cuántos hermanos
tiene? ¿Cuánto pesa? ¿Cuánto gana su padre?» Sólo entonces creen conocerle.

If he shrugs his shoulders, it is because he is no fool. He knows that once men are caught up in an event they cease to be afraid. Only the unknown frightens men. But once a man has faced the unknown, that terror becomes the known.

perfection is finally attained not when there is no longer anything to add, but when there is no longer anything to take away