We think we can make honey without sharing in the fate of bees, but we are in truth nothing but poor bees, destined to a — Muriel Barbery, The Elegance of the Hedgehog
We think we can make honey without sharing in the fate of bees, but we are in truth nothing but poor bees, destined to a — Muriel Barbery, The Elegance of the Hedgehog
We think we can make honey without sharing in the fate of bees, but we are in truth nothing but poor bees, destined to a — Muriel Barbery, The Elegance of the Hedgehog
We think we can make honey without sharing in the fate of bees, but we are in truth nothing but poor bees, destined to a — Muriel Barbery, The Elegance of the Hedgehog
We think we can make honey without sharing in the fate of bees, but we are in truth nothing but poor bees, destined to a — Muriel Barbery, The Elegance of the Hedgehog
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We think we can make honey without sharing in the fate of bees, but we are in truth nothing but poor bees, destined to accomplish our task and then die.

— Muriel Barbery, The Elegance of the Hedgehog
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