The Narrator (Pilot)

"Drawing pictures of boa constrictors from the outside and from the inside."

"The conceited man never hears anything but praise."

"Grown-ups love figures."

"The fact of his own unimportance never occurred to him."

"I have seen that planet B-612. I have always refused to explain on what that affirmation was based."

"All grown-ups were once children, although few of them remember it."

"What makes the desert beautiful is that somewhere in it there is a well."

"There is no mystery in deserts, only the sadness of empty spaces."

"To forget a friend is sadness. For every moment we spent with them is a part of our life."

"Vanity is always so hard to handle, especially for those who are powerful."

"The business man was counting the stars and making notes on a paper."

"The earth is not just a planet. It is a world of secrets."

"The conceited man sees only admiration in everyone's eyes."

"Baobabs are very dangerous plants on a little planet."

"The stars are not all the same; they shine differently."

"The elephant was inside the boa."

"All grown-ups were once children, although few of them remember it."

"What makes the desert beautiful is that somewhere it hides a well."

"Drawing pictures of boa constrictors from the outside and inside is not a matter of appearance but of character."

"Grown-ups love figures."

"The house, the stars, the desert—what endows them with their beauty is something that is invisible."

"If you love a flower that lives on a star, it is sweet to look at the sky at night."

"All grown-ups were once children, although few of them remember it."

"People have forgotten this truth, but you mustn't forget it."

"A designer knows he has achieved perfection not when there is nothing left to add, but when there is nothing left to take away."

"The stars are beautiful because of a flower you cannot see."

"In one of those days, if someone comes and tells you that a new flower that smells wonderfully and looks lovely has been seen somewhere, your heart will jump for joy."

"They have forgotten why the flowers matter."

"In matters of consequence, it is the heart that counts."

"I have always loved the desert. One sits down on a desert sand dune, sees nothing, hears nothing, and yet something radiates silently."