Quotes by writer

"A sky as pure as water bathed the stars and brought them out."

"You see, one loves the sunset when one is so sad."

"One man may hit the mark, another blunder; but heed not these distinctions. Only from the alliance of the one, working with and through the other, are great things born."

"You risk tears if you let yourself be tamed."

"A civilization is a heritage of beliefs, customs, and knowledge slowly accumulated in the course of centuries, elements difficult at times to justify by logic, but justifying themselves as paths when they lead somewhere, since they open up for man his inner distance."

"What saves a man is to take a step. Then another step. It is always the same step, but you have to take it."

"To become a man is to be responsible; to be ashamed of miseries that you did not cause."

"He sat down. I sat down next to him. And after a silence, he spoke again. 'The stars are beautiful because of a flower you don't see...' I answered, 'Yes, of course.'"

"At one time I say to myself: "Surely not! The little prince shuts his flower under her glass globe every night, and he watches over his sheep very carefully . . ." Then I am happy. And there is sweetness in the laughter of all the stars."

"On ne sait jamais! One never knows!"