You know...my flower...I'm responsible for her. And she's so weak! And so naive. She has four ridiculous thorns to defend her against the world.

Love does not cause suffering: what causes it is the sense of ownership, which is love's opposite.

But if you tame me, then we shall need each other. To me, you will be unique in all the world. To you, I shall be unique in all the world.

Man is, above all, he who creates.

You become responsible for a long time for what you've tamed.

Only the unknown frightens men. But once a man has faced the unknown, that terror becomes the known.

You cannot plant an acorn in the morning, and expect that afternoon to sit in the shade of an oak.