That's the way they are. You must not hold it against them. Children should be very understanding of grown-ups. - Antoine de Saint-Exupéry

Children should show great understanding towards grown-ups

I ought not to have listened to her,' he confided to me one day. 'One never ought to listen to the flowers. One should simply look at them and breathe their fragrance. Mine perfumed all my planet. But I did not know how to take pleasure in all her grace.

You see, one loves the sunset when one is so sad.

They never say to you, 'What does his voice sound like? What games does he love best? Does he collect butterflies?' Instead, they demand 'How old is he? How many brothers has he? How much money does his father make?' Only from these figures do they think they have learned anything about him.