Confuse not love with the raptures of possession, which bring the cruellest of sufferings. For, notwithstanding the general opinion, love does not cause suffering: what causes it is the sense of ownership, which is love's opposite.
Antoine de Saint-ExuperyI have no right, by anything I do or say, to demean a human being in his own eyes. What matters is not what I think of him; it is what he thinks of himself. To undermine a man's self-respect is a sin.
Antoine de Saint-ExuperyAnd the little prince broke into a lovely peal of laughter, which irritated me very much. I like my misfortunes to be taken seriously.
Antoine de Saint-Exupery