was sian of studying for my exam and thus decided to take a mini break by reading 'The Little Prince'... yesh, i have a copy... so i can lend it to ppl who havent read it.... it's a book worth reading and re-reading k...
hmm, why did i choose to read this book instead of the other books that i have in my bookshelf?? i guess the main reason of picking up this book is to remind myself of the simple things in life that i have taken for granted or seem to forget as i buried myself with work, study and whatnot...
since i am talking abt this book, briefly:
1. The Little Prince (French: Le Petit Prince), published in 1943, is Antoine de Saint Exupery's most famous novella.
2. Saint Exupéry tells of his being stranded in the Sahara Desert, thousands of kilometers away from inhabited places, where he meets a young extraterrestrial (though entirely human-appearing) prince.
3. The essence of the book is contained in the famous line uttered by the fox to the Little Prince: "On ne voit bien qu'avec le cœur, l'essentiel est invisible pour les yeux." (It is only with the heart that one can see rightly; what is essential is invisible to the eye).
4. There are also two other main points in the book, both spoken by the fox. They are: "You become responsible, forever, for what you have tamed" and "It is the time you have spent with your rose that makes your rose so important."
hahaha... didnt know that the above 3 sentences are so important... but yah, i must say that after reading the whole book, these 3 sentences are the ones that stick in my mind for the longest... and get me into thinking about how i treat relationship and my life in general...
Fave Quotes:
Little Prince: If someone loves a flower of which just one example exists among all the millions and millions of stars, that's enough to make him happy when he looks at the stars.
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Little Prince: In those days, I didn't understand anything. I should have judged her according to her actions, not her word... I should never have run away!... But I was too young to know how to love her.
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Flower: It was my fault you never knew. It doesn't matter. But you were just as silly as I was. Try to be happy...
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Fox: To me, you are still only a small boy, just like a hundred thousand other small boys. And I have no need of you. And you in turn have no need of me. To you, I’m just a fox like a hundred thousand other foxes... But if you tame me, then we shall need each other. To me, you shall be unique in the world. To you, I shall be unique in the world.
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Fox: But if you tame me, my life will be filled with sunshine. I'll know the sound of footsteps that will be different from all the rest. Other footsteps send me back underground. Yours will call me out of my burrow like music.
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Little Prince: An ordinary passerby would think my rose looked just like you. But my rose, all on her own, is more important than all of you together.
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Fox: One sees clearly only with the heart. Anything essential is invisible to the eyes... It's the time that you spent on your rose that makes your rose so important... You become responsible forever for what you've tamed.
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Fox: Eyes are blind, You have to look with the heart.
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Little Prince: If you love a flower that lives on a star, then it's good, at night, to look up at the sky. All the stars are blossoming.