When looking for inspiration, I like to read books that I love. The Little Prince is a book that inspires me.
“The most beautiful things in the world cannot be seen or touched, they are felt with the heart.”
― Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, The Little Prince
What an amazing story. I pulled it off of the shelf while thinking about my French teacher from long, long ago. I read it with her a long time ago. It is about an airplane pilot who crashes in the Sahara desert. While he is trying to figure out what to do, he is approached by the little prince, a little blond boy who is from a small planet called Asteroid B-612. The pilot learns that the little prince has left behind three volcanoes and a rose that he loves.
“In those days, I didn't understand anything. I should have judged her according to her actions, not her words. She perfumed my planet and lit up my life. I should never have run away! I ought to have realized the tenderness underlying her... But I was too young to know how to love her.”
― Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, The Little Prince
Before reaching Earth, he visited other planets and met some very strange people (adults whom he finds baffling): a king, a conceited man, a drunkard, a lamplighter, a geographer… On Earth, he speaks to a fox who teaches him that:
"What is essential is invisible to the eye, says the fox."
He wants to return to his planet and his rose, so The Little Prince allows himself to be bitten by a poisonous snake. He feels that his planet is too far away, so he cannot take his "shell". The aviator repairs his plane, and also leaves the desert. Every time he looks into the sky, he thinks of his dear friend. The Little Prince teaches him about love and human relationships.
“If you love a flower that lives on a star, it is sweet to look at the sky at night. All the stars are a-bloom with flowers...”
― Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, The Little Prince
I love The Little Prince because there is nothing extra in it. It is simple and beautiful. I also love it because it is a children's story and an adult story. The illustrations are fascinating. It plays with the idea of life as an illusion and pushes the parameters of imagination. It is both dreamlike and true. Most importantly, it is a lesson about love, which I think all great books should be. Books likes this are some of my favorite teachers. I keep coming back to them again and again.
“The most beautiful things in the world cannot be seen or touched, they are felt with the heart.”
― Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, The Little Prince
What an amazing story. I pulled it off of the shelf while thinking about my French teacher from long, long ago. I read it with her a long time ago. It is about an airplane pilot who crashes in the Sahara desert. While he is trying to figure out what to do, he is approached by the little prince, a little blond boy who is from a small planet called Asteroid B-612. The pilot learns that the little prince has left behind three volcanoes and a rose that he loves.
“In those days, I didn't understand anything. I should have judged her according to her actions, not her words. She perfumed my planet and lit up my life. I should never have run away! I ought to have realized the tenderness underlying her... But I was too young to know how to love her.”
― Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, The Little Prince
Before reaching Earth, he visited other planets and met some very strange people (adults whom he finds baffling): a king, a conceited man, a drunkard, a lamplighter, a geographer… On Earth, he speaks to a fox who teaches him that:
"What is essential is invisible to the eye, says the fox."
He wants to return to his planet and his rose, so The Little Prince allows himself to be bitten by a poisonous snake. He feels that his planet is too far away, so he cannot take his "shell". The aviator repairs his plane, and also leaves the desert. Every time he looks into the sky, he thinks of his dear friend. The Little Prince teaches him about love and human relationships.
“If you love a flower that lives on a star, it is sweet to look at the sky at night. All the stars are a-bloom with flowers...”
― Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, The Little Prince
I love The Little Prince because there is nothing extra in it. It is simple and beautiful. I also love it because it is a children's story and an adult story. The illustrations are fascinating. It plays with the idea of life as an illusion and pushes the parameters of imagination. It is both dreamlike and true. Most importantly, it is a lesson about love, which I think all great books should be. Books likes this are some of my favorite teachers. I keep coming back to them again and again.
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