- In the face of an overpowering mystery, you don't dare disobey.
- I like my misfortunes to be taken seriously.
- "It's a question of discipline" the Little Prince told me later on. "When you've finished washing and dressing each morning, you must tend your planet."
- I didn't know what to say. How clumsy I felt! I didn't know how to reach him, where to find him.. It's so mysterious, the land of tears.
- What is it about my admiration that interests you so much?
- Trying to be witty leads to lying, more or less.
- [In reference to people] you never know where to find them. They have no roots, which hampers them a good deal.
- If you come at 4 in the afternoon, I'll begin to be happy by 3. The closer it gets to 4, the happier I'll feel. By 4, I'll be excited and worried; I'll discover what it costs to be happy. If you come at any old time, I'll never know when I should prepare my heart.
- Go look at the roses again. You'll understand that yours is the only rose in the world.
- "If I had 53 minutes to spend as I liked," the Little Prince said to himself, "I'd walk very slowly toward a water fountain."
- When you look up at the sky at night, since I'll be living on one of them, for you it'll be as if the stars are laughing. You'll have stars that can laugh.
- Look up at the sky and ask yourself "Has the sheep eaten the flower or not?" and you'll see how everything changes.
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