“Following straight lines shortens distances, and also life.”
Antonio Porchia (1885–1968) Italian Argentinian poet
El ir derecho acorta las distancias, y también la vida.
Voces (1943)
“Distance in a straight line has no mystery. The mystery is in the sphere.”
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