In anything at all, perfection is finally attained not when there is no longer anything to add, but when there is no longer anything to take away, when a body has been stripped down to its nakedness.
Antoine de Saint-ExupéryThey never say to you, 'What does his voice sound like? What games does he love best? Does he collect butterflies?' Instead, they demand 'How old is he? How many brothers has he? How much money does his father make?' Only from these figures do they think they have learned anything about him.
Antoine de Saint-ExupéryTag: grown-ups
All grown-ups were once children... but only few of them remember it.
Antoine de Saint-ExupéryTag: reminding
At a glance I can distinguish China from Arizona. If one gets lost in the night, such knowledge is valuable.
Antoine de Saint-ExupéryPeople have forgotten this truth," the fox said. "But you mustn’t forget it. You become responsible forever for what you’ve tamed. You’re responsible for your rose.
Antoine de Saint-ExupéryTag: friendship love responsibility
A goal without a plan is just a wish.
Antoine de Saint-ExupéryTag: humor inspirational planning enterprise
That's the way they are. You must not hold it against them. Children should be very understanding of grown-ups.
Antoine de Saint-ExupéryC'est le temps que tu a perdu pour ta rose qui fait ta rose si importante.
Antoine de Saint-ExupéryYou're beautiful, but you're empty...One couldn't die for you. Of course, an ordinary passerby would think my rose looked just like you. But my rose, all on her own, is more important than all of you together, since she's the one I've watered. Since she's the one I put under glass, since she's the one I sheltered behind the screen. Since she's the one for whom I killed the caterpillars (except the two or three butterflies). Since she's the one I listened to when she complained, or when she boasted, or even sometimes when she said nothing at all. Since she's my rose.
Antoine de Saint-ExupéryTag: inspirational love roses uniqueness caring
What he had yearned to embrace was not the flesh but a down spirit, a spark, the impalpable angel that inhabits the flesh.
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