What moves me so deeply, about this little prince who is sleeping here, is his loyalty to a flower? the image of a rose that shines through his whole being like the flame of a lamp, even when he is asleep..." And I felt him to be more fragile still. I felt the need of protecting him, as if he himself were a flame that might be extinguished by a little puff of wind...
Antoine de Saint-ExuperyAbout author
- Author's profession: Novelist
- Nationality: french
- Born: June 29, 1900
- Died: July 31, 1944
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