Into the Sunset

On July 31, 1944, Antoine de Saint-Exupéry left the earth as a pilot on a reconnaissance mission over France, never to return. He was 44 years old. Perched atop his little planet, the Little Prince watched the sun set exactly 44 times.

“The Moving Finger writes; and, having writ / Moves on: nor all thy Piety nor Wit / Shall lure it back to cancel half a Line, / Nor all thy Tears wash out a Word of it.” ―Omar Khayyám