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Antoine de Saint-Exupery Quotes

Antoine de Saint-Exupery quotes

French Novelist June 29, 1900 – July 31, 1944

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he had been afraid of finding things quite different, and now it pained him to find them so unchanged. the prospect of meeting people, of looking up old friends left him vaguely bored. from a distance fancy is free to roam. the tender friendships one gives up, on parting, leave their bite on the heart, but also a curious feeling of a treasure somewhere buried. what selfish love such flights occasionally attest ! Antoine de Saint-Exupery
In those days, I didn't understand anything. I should have judged her according to her actions, not her words. She perfumed my planet and lit up my life. I should never have run away! I ought to have realized the tenderness underlying her silly pretensions. Flowers are so contadictory! But I was too young to know how to love her. Antoine de Saint-Exupery
I know a planet where there is a certain red-faced gentleman. He has never smelled a flower. He has never looked at a star. He has never loved any one. He has never done anything in his life but add up figures. And all day he says over and over, just like you: 'I am busy with matters of consequence!' And that makes him swell up with pride. But he is not a man - he is a mushroom! Antoine de Saint-Exupery
Antoine de Saint-Exupery quote: "Life has taught us that love does not consist in gazing at..."
Life has taught us that love does not consist in gazing at each other, but in looking together in the same direction. Antoine de Saint-Exupery
* if someone loves a flower, of which just one single blossom grows, in all the millions of stars, it is enough to make him happy just to look at the stars. Antoine de Saint-Exupery
One day," you said to me, "I saw the sunset forty-four times!"And a little later you added:"You know-- one loves the sunet, when one is so sad..."Were you so sad, then?" I asked, "on the day of the forty-four sunsets?"But the little prince made no reply. Antoine de Saint-Exupery
Antoine de Saint-Exupery quote: "One day, I watched the sun setting forty-four times......You..."
One day, I watched the sun setting forty-four times......You know...when one is so terribly sad, one loves sunsets. Antoine de Saint-Exupery
One day,' you said, 'I watched the sunset forty-three times!' And a little later you added: 'You know, when one is that sad, one can get to love the sunset.' 'Were you that sad, then, on the day of the forty-three sunset?' But the prince made no answer. Antoine de Saint-Exupery
She knew this man's smile, his gentle ways of love, but not his godlike fury in the storm. She might snare him in a fragile net of music, love and flowers, but, at each departure, he would break forth without, it seemed to her, the least regret. Antoine de Saint-Exupery
If someone loves a flower of which there is only one on the millions and millions of stars, it is enough to make him happy when he looks at them for he can say to himself: "My flower is somewhere out there ... Antoine de Saint-Exupery
They never say to you, 'What does his voice sound like? What games does he love best? Does he collect butterflies?' Instead, they demand 'How old is he? How many brothers has he? How much money does his father make?' Only from these figures do they think they have learned anything about him. Antoine de Saint-Exupery
Antoine de Saint-Exupery quote: "You see, one loves the sunset when one is so sad."
You see, one loves the sunset when one is so sad. Antoine de Saint-Exupery
Antoine de Saint-Exupery quote: "You know--one loves the sunset, when one is so sad."
You know--one loves the sunset, when one is so sad. Antoine de Saint-Exupery
(...) you see the grain-fields down yonder? I do not eat bread. Wheat is of no use to me. The wheat fields have nothing to say to me. And that is sad. But you have hair that is the color of gold. Think how wonderful that will be when you have tamed me! The grain, which is also golden, will bring me back the thought of you. And I shall love to listen to the wind in the wheat... Antoine de Saint-Exupery
Only he can understand what a farm is, what a country is, who shall have sacrificed part of himself to his farm or country, fought to save it, struggled to make it beautiful. Only then will the love of farm or country fill his heart. Antoine de Saint-Exupery

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