I couldn't decide how to feel about what he was saying, whether it was all nonsense or just more evidence that I would never understand this world.

Catherine Lacey
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This quote is from “The Little Prince,” a children's book by Antoine de Saint-Exupery. In the story, the Little Prince asks, “What do you call an animal that doesn't talk?" The narrator replies: "You don't call it an animal. You call it a vegetable."

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