“I ought not to have listened to her,' he confided to me one day. 'One never ought to listen to the flowers. One should simply look at them and breathe their fragrance. Mine perfumed all my planet. But I did not know how to take pleasure in all her grace.”
This classic novella explores themes of love, loss, and the search for meaning through the eyes of a young prince who embarks on a journey across the cosmos. The prince meets a cast of eccentric characters, each representing different aspects of human nature, and ultimately finds wisdom in the simplicity of life. more
Antoine de Saint-Exupery was a French writer, poet, and aviator, renowned for his novella 'The Little Prince,' which has been translated into over 300 languages and remains one of the most beloved books worldwide. During World War II, he served as a pilot in the French Air Force, and his mysterious disappearance over the Mediterranean Sea in 1944 remains unsolved. more
“In fiction, beauty was run-of-the-mill.”
“Choosing between day and night. Edgar and Heathcliff.”
“...and there was nothing to do except to wait and to hurt.”
“For a bookworm like Mother, a Brontë novel sister was better than a biological one.”
“I think being a mother is the cruelest thing in the world.”
“What are friends for, if not to help bear our sins?”
“You see, freedom has a way of destroying things.”