Antoine de Saint-Exupery Quotes

One day," you said to me, "I saw the sunset forty-four times!" And a little later you added: "You know-- one loves the sunset, when one is so sad..." "Were you so sad, then?" I asked, "on the day of the forty-four sunsets?" But the little prince made no reply.

Antoine de Saint-Exupery

• Loves
• Sunset
• Little Prince

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• I might be deceiving myself but I do not think that I do have an inordinate fear of death.

  

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• Right away when I got to college, I realized that being a politician sucks. It's really hard! It wasn't for me. B.J. Novak is convinced that I will run for mayor of Chicago at some point. He begs me to do it. It'd be a tough gig, but I was always very attracted to the idea of helping people and trying to make the city a better place.

  

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• I don't care if the audience is 600 Saul Bellows; I'm going to knock them dead with a comedy routine. I'm out there as a missionary for literature because, if people laugh and enjoy themselves, they might actually do something as bizarre as reading the book.

  

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• I think at first I didn't tell anyone I was writing something because I found so tedious the people who did.

  

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• Most importantly, I want my kids to be happy. You're only as happy as your saddest kid.

  

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• One day," you said to me, "I saw the sunset forty-four times!" And a little later you added: "You know-- one loves the sunset, when one is so sad..." "Were you so sad, then?" I asked, "on the day of the forty-four sunsets?" But the little prince made no reply.

  

  Antoine de Saint-Exupery
  • Loves
  • Sunset
  • Little Prince