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"Why should anyone be frightened by a hat?' My drawing wasn't a hat; it was a boa constrictor digesting an elephant. Grown-ups never understand anything by themselves, and it is tiresome for children to be always and forever explaining things to them. So then I chose a new profession, and learned to pilot airplanes. ... At a glance I can distinguish China from Arizona. If one gets lost in the night, such knowledge is valuable.
Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, The Little Prince