Each friend represents a world in us a world not born until they arrive and it is only by this meeting that a new world is born.
It was an honor and privilege to arrive to this country 16 years ago with almost no money in my pocket. A lot has happened since then.
It is unthinkable for a Frenchman to arrive at middle age without having syphilis and the Cross of the Legion of Honor.
To travel hopefully is a better thing than to arrive.