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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

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Muriel Barbery
Age: 55
Born: 1969
Born: May 28
Novelist
Screenwriter
Writer
Anfa
Dies
Bees
Poor
Destined
Truth
Sharing
Without
Honey
Nothing
Task
Make
Tasks
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Accomplish
Thinking
Fate

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