All grown-ups were once children... but only few of them rem... - Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, The Little Prince

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

"Well, I must endure the presence of a few caterpillars if I wish to become acquainted with the butterflies."

"It is the time you have wasted for your rose that makes your rose so important."

"The only things you learn are the things you tame"

"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..."