Antoine de Saint-Exupery Quotes

I showed the grown ups my masterpiece, and I asked them if my drawing scared them. They answered:why be scared of a hat? My drawing was not a picture of a hat. It was a picture of a boa constrictor di...

My flower is ephemeral, the little prince said to himself, and she has only four thorns to defend herself against the world. And I have left her on my planet, all alone!That was his first moment of re...

On one star I`ll be living. On one of of the stars I will be laughing, when you look at the sky at night...You- only you -will have stars that can laugh!

What are you trying to say?All men have the stars, he answered, but they are not the same things for different people. For some, who are travelers, the stars are guides. For others they are no more th...

What moves me so deeply, about this little prince who is sleeping here, is his loyalty to a flower — the image of a rose that shines through his whole being like the flame of a lamp, even when he is a...

What must I do, to tame you? asked the little prince.You must be very patient, replied the fox. First you will sit down at a little distance from me--like that--in the grass. I shall look at you out o...

And at night you will look up at the stars. It's too small, where I live, for me to show you where my stars is. It's better that way. My star will just be one of the stars, for you. So you'll like loo...

And when your sorrow is comforted (time soothes all sorrows) you will be content that you have known me. You will always be my friend. You will want to laugh with me. And you will sometimes open your...

But you want to remember that below the sea of clouds lies eternity.

For me you're only a little boy just like a hundred thousand other little boys. And I have no need of you. And you have no need of me, either. For you I'm only a fox like a hundred thousand other foxe...