Of course, I love you,' the flower said to him. 'If you were not aware of it, it was my fault.

He had taken seriously words which were without importance, and it made him very unhappy.

The only things you learn are the things you tame

The dignity of the individual demands that he be not reduced to vassalage by the largesse of others.

Grown ups are certainly very strange.

Perfection is reachednot when there's nothing to add, but when there's nothing to take away.

The first stars tremble as if shimmering in green water. Hours must pass before their glimmer hardens into the frozen glitter of diamonds. I shall have a long wait before I witness the soundless frolic of the shooting stars. In the profound darkness of certain nights I have seen the sky streaked with so many trailing sparks that it seemed to me a great gale must be blowing through the outer heavens.