Introduction:
The Little Prince Quotes. Since it was first published in 1943, Antoine de Saint-Exupéry’s classic “The Little Prince” has won over readers’ hearts. This moving story, which originated in the mind of the renowned French writer and aviator, tackles love, friendship, and the value of viewing the world through a child’s eyes. Born in Lyon, France in 1900, Antoine de Saint-Exupéry went on to become a pioneer and aviator in the early days of aviation. Saint-Exupéry wrote “The Little Prince” in 1942 while residing in the United States, during the chaos of World War II. As a result of the German occupation of France, he was forced into exile and found inspiration for his writings. Since then, its timeless themes and profound insights have made It ranks among the literary works that have been translated the most globally.
20+The Little Prince Quotes:
- And now here is my secret, a very simple secret: It is only with the heart that one can see rightly; what is essential is invisible to the eye.
- All grown-ups were once children… but only few of them remember it.
- The most beautiful things in the world cannot be seen or touched, they are felt with the heart.
- I am looking for friends. What does that mean — tame?” “It is an act too often neglected,” said the fox. “It means to establish ties.” “To establish ties?” “Just that,” said the fox. “To me, you are still nothing more than a little boy who is just like a hundred thousand other little boys. And I have no need of you. And you, on your part, have no need of me. To you I am nothing more than a fox like a hundred thousand other foxes. But if you tame me, then we shall need each other. To me, you will be unique in all the world. To you, I shall be unique in all the world…. The Little Prince Quotes
- People 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. The Little Prince Quotes
- Grown-ups never understand anything by themselves, and it is tiresome for children to be always and forever explaining things to them. The Little Prince Quotes
- You – you alone will have the stars as no one else has them…In one of the stars I shall be living. In one of them I shall be laughing. And so it will be as if all the stars were laughing, when you look at the sky at night…You – only you – will have stars that can laugh. The Little Prince Quotes
- It is such a mysterious place, the land of tears. The Little Prince Quotes
- Well, I must endure the presence of a few caterpillars if I wish to become acquainted with the butterflies.
- You’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. The Little Prince Quotes
- You see, one loves the sunset when one is so sad. The Little Prince Quotes
- People where you live,” the little prince said, “grow five thousand roses in one garden… yet they don’t find what they’re looking for… They don’t find it,” I answered. And yet what they’re looking for could be found in a single rose, or a little water…” Of course,” I answered. And the little prince added, “But eyes are blind. You have to look with the heart. The Little Prince Quotes
- You become responsible, forever, for what you have tamed.
- It is lonely when you’re among people, too,.
- If you love a flower that lives on a star, it is sweet to look at the sky at night. All the stars are a-bloom with flowers…
- 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 window, so, for that pleasure . . . And your friends will be properly astonished to see you laughing as you look up at the sky! Then you will say to them, ‘Yes, the stars always make me laugh!’ And they will think you are crazy. It will be a very shabby trick that I shall have played on you…
- She cast her fragrance and her radiance over me. I ought never to have run away from her… I ought to have guessed all the affection that lay behind her poor little stratagems. Flowers are so inconsistent! But I was too young to know how to love her…
- You’re beautiful, but you’re empty. No one could die for you.
- So the little prince tamed the fox. And when the hour of his departure drew near– Ah,” said the fox, “I shall cry.” It is your own fault,” said the little prince. “I never wished you any sort of harm; but you wanted me to tame you . . .” Yes, that is so,” said the fox. But now you are going to cry!” said the little prince. Yes, that is so,” said the fox. Then it has done you no good at all!” It has done me good,” said the fox, “because of the color of the wheat fields.
