Grown-ups never understand anything by themselves, and it is tiresome for children to be always and forever explaining things to them, (page 6) pertaining to how simple minded but brillant some children are in grasping the most complex things in the simplest ways
Straight ahead of him, nobody can go very far... (page 14) life is not a straight path, it is like a tree with branches... success only come to those who have gone to different paths
To forget a friend is sad. Not every one has had a friend. And if I forget him, I may become like the grown-ups who are no longer interested in anything but figures... (page 17)
If it is only a sprout of radish or the sprig of a rose-bush, one would let it grow wherever it might wish, But when it is a bad plant, one must destroy it as soon as possible, the very first instant that one recognizes it. (page 19) Negative feelings should ultimately be destroyed as soon as possible.
It is such a secret place, the land of tears. (page 26)
There is in every individual, loneliness that only that individual keeps and understands.
He also had one volcano that was extinct. But, as he said, "One never knows!" (page 30)
In life, talents are sometimes left unknown until developed, opportunities are left not taken until tried.
Well, I must endure the presence of two or three caterpillars if I wish to become acquainted with the butterflies. (page 32)
obstacles and drawbacks are normal in life if one wishes to have success.
Accepted authority rests first of all on reason. (page 36) orders are made and accepted based on how reasonable it is.
Nevertheless he is the only one of them all who does not seem to me ridiculous. Perhaps that is because he is thinking of something else besides himself. (page 48-49) most grown ups think about themselves, in here the little prince met the lamplighter and was happy to finally see someone who thought about others rather than being self-centered.
When one wishes to play the wit, he sometimes wanders a little from the truth. (page 55)
They imagine that they fill a great deal of space. They fancy themselves as important as the baobabs. (page 55) Baobabs are hollow trees with a very big trunk circumference, thus this line portrays how some people are, giving very high importance to themselves due to their status or standing in life.
It is also lonely among men (page 56) the snake states this as he was talking to the prince, I see this as a portrayal of some people suffering in depression, they look happy and acquainted but deep inside, they are lonely.
But if you tame me, it will be as if the sun came to shine on my life. I shall know the sound of a step that will be different from all others. Other steps send me hurrying back underneath the ground. Yours will call me, like music, out of my burrow. And then look: you see the grain-fields down yonder? I do not eat bread, Wheat is of no use to me. The wheat fields have nothing to say to me. And that is sad. But you have hair that is the color of gold. Think how wonderful that will be when you have tamed me! The grain, which is also golden, will bring me back the thought of you. And I shall love to listen to the wind in the wheat...(page 64-65) the fox says this, and this shows how one is in love with another, how simple things that are no use before suddenly becomes special and familiar if one is in love....
Only one understands the things that one tames, (page 65) only a person who really loves someone understands the person he/she loves.
It is only with the heart that one can see rightly; what is essential is invisible to the eye (page 68)
one of the most famous quote, the most important things in life can't be seen, can't be bought and can't be held.
It is the time you have wasted for your rose that makes your rose so important. (page 70)
The effort you give to someone you love makes him/her much more special
You become responsible, forever, for what you have tamed. (page 70) if you love someone, you are forever responsible for him/her
Only the children know what they are looking for (page 71)
Simple minded children may seem, they know what they want,
If I had fifty-three minutes to spend as I liked, I should walk at my leisure toward a spring of fresh water. (page 72) in life, it is not the goals we achieved that are important, it is the path and experiences that we have.
What makes the desert beautiful, said the little prince, is that somewhere it hides a well... (page 73) what makes this life beautiful are its surprises and mysteries.
But the eyes are blind. One must look with the heart (page 77)
One runs a risk of weeping a little, if one lets himself be tamed (page 78) there is always a risk of pain in loving someone
All men have stars but they are not the same things for different people (page 83) priorities of people differ, and some simple things may be special for others, sentimentality
