Flower Quotes by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry

“Flowers are so inconsistent!”

— Antoine de Saint-Exupéry

“Has the sheep eaten the flower or not?”

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“The flower coughed. But it was not because she had a cold”

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You cannot plant an acorn in the morning, and expect that afternoon to sit in the shade of an oak.

— Antoine de Saint-Exupery

“The stars are beautiful, because of a flower that cannot be seen.”

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“For she did not want him to see her crying. She was such a proud flower . . .”

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I am beginning to understand," said the little prince. "There is a flower... I think that she has tamed me...

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Of course, I love you,' the flower said to him. 'If you were not aware of it, it was my fault.

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The flower you single out is a rejection of all other flowers; nevertheless, only on these terms is it beautiful.

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Look at the sky. Ask yourselves: Has the sheep eaten the flower, yes or no? And you will see how everything changes...

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“People where you live grow five thousand roses in one garden...yet they don't find what they are looking for.”

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He sat down. I sat down next to him. And after a silence, he spoke again. 'The stars are beautiful because of…

— Antoine de Saint-Exupery

“Flowers are weak, they are naive. They reassure themselves as best as they can. They think they are being frightening, with their…

— Antoine de Saint-Exupéry

At one time I say to myself: "Surely not! The little prince shuts his flower under her glass globe every night, and…

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“Of course I love you," the flower said to him. "It is my fault that you have not known it all the…

— Antoine de Saint-Exupéry

The tree is more than first a seed, then a stem, then a living trunk, and then dead timber. The tree is…

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I don't believe you! Flowers are weak creatures. They are naive. They reassure themselves as best they can. They believe that their…

— Antoine de Saint-Exupery

If you love a flower that lives on a star, it is sweet to look at the sky at night. All the…

— Antoine de Saint-Exupery

“People where you live, the little prince said, grow five thousand roses in one garden... Yet they don't find what they're looking…

— Antoine de Saint-Exupéry

“At the time, I was unable to understand anything.! I should have based my judgement upon deeds and not words. She cast…

— Antoine de Saint-Exupéry

People where you live," the little prince said, "grow five thousand roses in one garden... yet they don't find what they're looking…

— Antoine de Saint-Exupery

She cast her fragrance and her radiance over me. I ought never to have run away from her... I ought to have…

— Antoine de Saint-Exupery

I know a planet where there is a certain red-faced gentleman. He has never smelled a flower. He has never looked at…

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“If some one loves a flower, of which just one single blossom grows in all the millions and millions of stars, it…

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What did I care about my hammer, about my bolt, about thirst or death? There was, on one star, on one planet,…

— Antoine de Saint-Exupery

I ought not to have listened to her,' he confided to me one day. 'One never ought to listen to the flowers.…

— Antoine de Saint-Exupery

“but the flower continued her beauty preparations in the shelter of her green chamber, selecting her colors with greatest care and dressing…

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“For millions of years flowers have been producing thorns. For millions of years sheep have been eating them all the same. And…

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“Supposing I know of a flower that is absolutely unique, that is nowhere to be found except on my planet, and any…

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“The little prince, who was present at the first appearance of a huge bud, felt at once that some sort of miraculous…

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“He spoke again: “The stars are beautiful, because of a flower that cannot be seen.”

— Antoine de Saint-Exupéry

The tree is a slow, enduring force straining to win the sky.

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“My flower is ephemeral," the little prince said to himself, "and she has only four thorns to defend herself against the world.…

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You know...my flower...I'm responsible for her. And she's so weak! And so naive. She has four ridiculous thorns to defend her against…

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You do not explain the tree by telling of the water it has drunk, the minerals it has absorbed, and the sunlight…

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if a sheep eats bushes does it eat flowers too? a sheep eats whatever it finds even a flower with thorn? even…

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“Look up at the sky. Ask yourself, 'Has the sheep eaten the flower or not?' And you'll see how everything changes... And…

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What have you come to Earth for?' 'I'm having difficulties with a flower,' the little prince said. 'Ah!' said the snake. And…

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“People where you live,' the little prince said, 'grow five thousand roses in one garden...yet they don't find what they're looking for'...'And…

— Antoine de Saint-Exupéry

“You know--my flower . . . I am responsible for her. And she is so weak! She is so naïve! She has…

— Antoine de Saint-Exupéry