The Little Prince

we see well only with the heart. The essential is invisible to the eyes.”

We have to ask from everyone what everyone can give,”

lot. I like my misfortunes to be taken seriously.

So I had, in my lifetime, a lot of contacts with a lot of serious people. I’ve lived a lot with grown-ups. I saw them very closely. It has not improved my opinion very much.

“You know… when one is so sad, one loves the sunsets…”

This water was something more than food. It was born of the walk under the stars, the song of the pulley, the effort of my arms. It was good for the heart, as a gift.

We might cry a little if we let ourselves be tamed…

The grown-ups never understand anything by themselves, and, for children, it’s tiresome always giving them explanations.

“Men in your planet,” said the little prince, “cultivate five thousand roses in the same garden… and they do not find what they are looking for.”