← Children, I am sorry I have dedicated this book to a grown-up person. 🔊✎
← But if all these excuses aren’t enough, I would like to dedicate the book to the child this grown-up person used to be.
← It’s so tiring for children to go on and on explaining everything. 🔊✎
← So if you tell them “The proof that the little prince really existed is that he was charming, that he laughed, and that he wanted a sheep,” they’ll shrug their shoulders and call you a child. 🔊✎
← They’re like that that. You shouldn’t hold it against them. Children should try and be tolerant towards grown-ups. 🔊✎
← And one day he advised me to try my best to make a really good picture, so that children on Earth could understand what this was about. 🔊✎
← “Only children know what they’re looking for,” said the little prince. 🔊✎
← “Oh, don’t worry,” he said. “Children will get it.” 🔊✎
← I held him in my arms like a little child, but at the same time I felt he was falling into a dark hole, and there was nothing I could do to hold him back. 🔊✎
← And if a child comes to you, if he laughs, if he has golden hair, if he never answers your questions, you’ll know who he is. 🔊✎