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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• 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