"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."
"You will have five hundred million little bells, and I shall have five hundred million springs of fresh water..."
"The only things you learn are the things you tame"
"A rock pile ceases to be a rock pile the moment a single man contemplates it, bearing within him the image of a cathedral."
"Well, I must endure the presence of a few caterpillars if I wish to become acquainted with the butterflies."
"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..."