Grown-ups love figures... When you tell them you've made a new friend they never ask you any questions about essential matters. 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 much does he weigh? How much money does his father make? " Only from these figures do they think they have learned anything about him.

And the little prince broke into a lovely peal of laughter, which irritated me very much. I like my misfortunes to be taken seriously.

Tell me who admires and loves you, and I will tell you who you are.

We must not subject him who creates to the desires of the multitude. It is, rather, his creation that must become the multitude's desire.

It is in your act that you exist, not in your body. Your act is yourself, and there is no other you.

You are beautiful, but you are empty,” he went on. “One could not die for you. To be sure, an ordinary passerby would think that my rose looked just like you--the rose that belongs to me.

To forget a friend is sad. Not everyone has had a friend.