For I do not want any one to read my book carelessly. I have suffered too much grief in setting down these memories. Six years have already passed si… - Antoine de Saint-Exupéry

To forget a friend is sad. Not everyone has had a friend.

To forget a friend is sad. Not every one has had a friend. And if I forget him, I may become like the grown−ups who are no
longer interested in anything but figures..

If I am attempting to describe him, it is in order not to forget him. It is sad to forget a friend. Not every one has had a friend.

If I try to describe him here, it is to make sure that I shall not forget him. To forget a friend is sad. Not every one has had a friend. And if I forget him, I may become like the grown-ups who are no longer interested in anything but figures...

To forget a friend is sad.

If it is true that wars are won by believers, it is also true that peace treaties are sometimes signed by businessmen.

لا شيء، أبدا، في الواقع، يحل محل الرفيق المفقود. لا نستطيع أن نخلق قدامى الرفاق. لا شيء يوازي كنز تلك الذكريات المشتركة، وتلك الساعات العسيرة التي عشناها معا، بما فيها من الخلافات، والمصالحات، ونزوات القلب. مثل تلك الصداقات لا تبنى من جديد. وهل نرتجي، لو غرسنا سنديانة، أن نستظل أوراقها بعد أمد قصير؟

I believe that for his escape he took advantage of the migration of a flock of wild birds.