← But then I remembered that all I had ever learned was geography, history, maths and English, and I said to the little guy (I think I might have been a bit cross) that I didn’t know how to draw. 🔊✎
← It’s hard to start drawing again at my age, if all you’ve ever done are two pictures of a boa constrictor from the outside and from the inside, when you were six. 🔊✎
← I hate to get all preachy. But the danger of the baobabs is so little known, and the risks you are taking if you ever get lost on an asteroid are so considerable, that for once I will break my rule. 🔊✎
← He has never smelled a flower. He has never looked at a star. He has never loved anyone. All he has ever done is add up numbers. 🔊✎
← Well, I own the stars because no one before me ever thought of owning them.” 🔊✎
← And he looked around him at the geographer’s planet. It was the most impressive one he’d ever seen. 🔊✎
← “No one has ever tamed you, and you have never tamed anyone. 🔊✎
← And you’ll see how everything changes. And no grown-up will ever understand it can be so important! 🔊✎
← Look at the picture carefully so you’re sure you’ll recognise it, if you’re ever in Africa and visit the desert. 🔊✎
← If you should ever pass by the place, I beg you, take your time and wait a bit under the star! 🔊✎