I wonder," he said, "whether the stars are set alight in heaven so that one day each one of us may find his own again.
Antoine de Saint-ExuperyAnd they heard the roaring thunder of a third brilliantly lighted express. "Are they pursuing the first travelers?" demanded the little prince. "They are pursuing nothing at all," said the switchman. "They are asleep in there, or if they are not asleep they are yawning. Only the children are flattening their noses against the windowpanes." "Only the children know what they are looking for," said the little prince. "They waste their time over a rag doll and it becomes very important to them; and if anybody takes it away from them, they cry..." "They are lucky," the switchman said.
Antoine de Saint-ExuperyHe sat down. I sat down next to him. And after a silence, he spoke again. 'The stars are beautiful because of a flower you don't see...' I answered, 'Yes, of course.
Antoine de Saint-ExuperyOne day, I watched the sun setting forty-four times......You know...when one is so terribly sad, one loves sunsets.
Antoine de Saint-Exupery