And so it will be as if all the stars were laughing, when you look at the sky at night... You, only you, will have stars that can laugh at night... - Antoine de Saint-Exupéry

Ako hoćeš da izgradiš brod, nemoj da okupljaš ljude da ti nabave drvo, pripreme alat ili da obavljaju raznorazne poslove i zadatke, već probudi u njima čežnju za nepreglednim dalekim morima.

Bit by bit, nevertheless, it comes over us that we shall never again hear the laughter of our friend, that this one garden is forever locked against us. And at that moment begins our true mourning, which, though it may not be rending, is yet a little bitter. For nothing, in truth, can replace that companion. Old friends cannot be created out of hand. Nothing can match the treasure of common memories, of trials endured together, of quarrels and reconciliations and generous emotions. It is idle, having planted an acorn in the morning, to expect that afternoon to sit in the shade of the oak.

but the flower continued her beauty preparations in the shelter of her green chamber, selecting her colors with greatest care and dressing quite deliberately,adjusting her petals one by one.She had no desire to emerge all rumpled, like the poppies. She wished to appear only with full radiance of her beauty. Oh yes, she was quite vain!