"No one has tamed you, and you have tamed no one. You are like my fox when I first knew him. He was only a fox like a hundred thousand foxes. But I h… - Antoine de Saint-Exupéry

No one has tamed you and you haven't tamed anyone.You're the way my fox was. He was just a fox like a hundred thousand others. But I've made him my friend, and now he's the only fox in the world.

"Good morning," said the little prince.

Good morning," said the merchant.

This was a merchant who sold pills that had been invented to quench thirst. You need only swallow one pill a week, and you would feel no need for anything to drink.

Why are you selling those?" asked the little prince.

Because they save a tremendous amount of time," said the merchant. "Computations have been made by experts. With these pills, you save fifty-three minutes in every week."
And what do I do with those fifty-three minutes?"

Anything you like..."

As for me," said the little prince to himself, "if I had fifty-three minutes to spend as I liked, I should walk at my leisure toward a spring of fresh water."

"الراشدون يحبون الأرقام. وحين تحدثهم عن صديق جديد، فهم لا يسألونك قطّ عن الأمور الجوهريّة. لا يقولون لك أبداً "كيف هي رنّة صوته؟ ما هي ألعابه المفضّلة؟ هل يجمع الفراشات؟" بل يسألونك: "كم عمره؟ كم عدد إخوته؟ ما وزنه؟ كم دخل أبيه؟ وعندها فقط يظنون أنهم عرفوه.

آنذاك لم أستطع أن أفهم شيئا، فقد كان عليّ أن أحكم عليها من خلال الأفعال لا الأقوال. إنها عطّرتني وأضاءتني. لم يكن عليّ أن أهرب! كان عليّ أن أتنبأ بحنانها المختبئ خلف حِيَلها الساذجة. إن الزهور متناقضة جدا! ولكنّي كنت صغيرا جدا لكي أحسن محبتها.