Цитаты из книги «The Little Prince»

An eruption of a volcano is like a fire in a house where a chimney is blocked with soot.

He had one dead volcano as well, but as he said, “You never know for sure.”

“The thing is, I didn’t know how to react! I should have judged actions, not words. It attracted me with its fragrance and gorgeousness. I should have never run away from it. I should have seen the love that was hiding under its tiny unhappy tricks and games. Flowers are so contradictory! But I was too young to know how I should love her…”

story about claws, that was bothering me, had filled my heart with tenderness and sympathy.”

“Flowers shouldn’t be listened to. They should be looked at and smelled. The smell of my beauty could be felt all over the planet. But I didn’t know how to enjoy its gracefulness.

“I was just going to look for it when you started talking to me…” Then it coughed louder on purpose so he would feel guilty.

“This flower is a very complicated creature.”

“Fear of draughts is a very bad quality for a flower”

“I am not afraid of tigers at all”, it continued. “But I am horrified by draughts. I hope you will cover me with a screen.”

I had no idea how to reach him, catch up with what I missed and walk further together.