The Little Prince - Antoine De Saint-Exupéry: Short Quotes

I never wished you any sort of harm; but you wanted me to tame you.

Of course I love you. It is my fault that you have not known it all the while.

Children should always show great forbearance toward grown-up people.

Kings do not own, they reign over.

I ask your forgiveness.
Try to be happy...

For, to conceited men, all other men are admirers.

You have decided to go away. Now go!

If I try to describe him here, it is to make sure that I shall not forget him.

Conceited people never hear anything but praise.

... I have listened to...when she said nothing.
Because she is my rose.

One runs the risk of weeping a little, if one lets himself be tamed...

Words are the source of misunderstandings.

I have seen them intimately, close at hand. And that hasn't much improved my opinion of them.

It is a good thing to have had a friend, even if one is about to die.

He never answered questions — but when one flushes does that not mean "Yes"? "Ah," I said to him.

"What makes the desert beautiful," said the little prince, "is that somewhere it hides a well..."