The Little Prince

"Adults are really very strange creatures."

"One must demand the impossible from life."

"The baobabs are trees that take an extremely long time to grow."

"He did not understand the difference between a planet that is his responsibility and a planet that he merely possesses."

"What is essential is invisible to the eye."

"Grown-ups love figures. When you tell them that you have made a new friend, they never ask you any essential questions."

"My drawing was not a picture of a hat. It was a picture of a boa constrictor digesting an elephant."

"It is much more difficult to judge oneself than to judge others."

"You are beautiful, but you are empty... no one could die for you."

"I love the sunset. Let us go look at the sunset."

"The little prince went and looked again at the roses. He said to them: You are lovely, but you are empty."

"The proof that the little prince existed is that he was charming, that he laughed."

"If you came at four in the afternoon, then at three I shall begin to be happy."

"I am in command here! I command you to obey me!"

"But I have such a tired heart."

"That is the whole secret. It is the time you have wasted for your rose that makes your rose so important."

"These conceited people see only themselves."

"I am so alone, I have no friends, I have no family, and I am so very alone."

"Perhaps this man is the only one of all these people I could have been friends with."

"I think he had given up hope of ever seeing his rose again."

"Vanity also contributed to my decision to become a pilot."

"It is a lonely thing, being an adult."

"Drawing pictures is not my forte, but I would love to share my thoughts through these images."

"Humans have forgotten this truth, but you must not forget it. You remain responsible forever for what you've tamed."

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

"People have stars, but they aren't the same. For travelers, the stars are guides."

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

"I am who I am and nothing will change that."

"The stars are beautiful because of a flower that cannot be seen."

"One sees clearly only with the heart. Anything essential is invisible to the eyes."