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myLot reputation of 74/100. JoMarch (2207)   ranked 1 out of 29 in the little prince2 years ago

What is your favourite quote or passage from the book Le Petit Prince (Little Prince)?I have to say my favourite passage is in the 7th chapter, where le petit prince is speaking of the rose and gets very upset at the writer because he just doesnt care, while he is very concerned about the rose he wants to protect.
Also in taht chapter is my favourite quote...
"C'est tellement mysterieux le pays des larmes" (The country of tears is such a mysteryous place...sorry i dont have an english edition with me, i had to translate it myself from French)... it's such a touching sentence i think...and so true...
What about yours?


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1. myLot reputation of 97/100. polachicago (7878)   ranked 5 out of 29 in the little prince   2 years ago

My favorite is part when Prince is talking to fox.
"One only understands the things that one tames,"
said the fox.
" Men have no more time to understand anything.
They buy things all ready made at the shops.
But there is no shop anywhere
where one can buy friendship,
and so men have no friends any more.
If you want a friend, tame me. . ."


myLot reputation of 74/100. JoMarch (2207)   ranked 1 out of 29 in the little prince  2 years ago

Oh i agree, the part of the fox is my other favourite actually! That book is very touching ... it always moves me when i read it!
Thank you sweetie for sharing


GraceAlexander1 (10)   ranked 26 out of 29 in the little prince  2 years ago

I love the part at the end when the Little prince asks the snake if it will hurt...you can almost hear his voice quaver; makes me cry every time.


myLot reputation of 97/100. polachicago (7878)   ranked 5 out of 29 in the little prince  2 years ago

I can cry every time I read this book...


myLot reputation of 74/100. JoMarch (2207)   ranked 1 out of 29 in the little prince  2 years ago

Me too, Pola...There are bits throughout the whole book that just have me in tears and the end usually makes me quite bawl...such a wonderful work


Naomij (37)  7 months ago

i can almost recite the part.
i have been moved deeply

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2. myLot reputation of 92/100. Foxfire1875 (1228)   ranked 21 out of 29 in the little prince   2 years ago

My favourite is also what I used here on my profile.

It is only with the heart that one can see clearly, what is essential is invisible to the eye


myLot reputation of 74/100. JoMarch (2207)   ranked 1 out of 29 in the little prince  2 years ago

That's beautiful..thank you for sharing it:)


Firesyne (17)   ranked 24 out of 29 in the little prince  2 years ago

the actual word is "rightly" instead of clearly but that is definitely my favorite quote also!


myLot reputation of 92/100. Foxfire1875 (1228)   ranked 21 out of 29 in the little prince  2 years ago

I've got such a mental block about that I always say 'clearly' instead of 'rightly' doh

I wish I'd bought a French version as I'd like to know what it is in French. I may need to improve my French a bit as it isn't that good. blush


myLot reputation of 74/100. JoMarch (2207)   ranked 1 out of 29 in the little prince  2 years ago

Hon, you can find teh whole book here
http://www3.sympatico.ca/gaston.ringuelet/lepetitprince/
my french is unexistant yet i could understand most of it happy Im sure it is a good way to brush up yours thumbup
Bonne chance:)


myLot reputation of 92/100. Foxfire1875 (1228)   ranked 21 out of 29 in the little prince  2 years ago

Excellent thumbup thanks for that Jo. I'll need to dig out my french dictionary now and this will help me improve my French.


myLot reputation of 74/100. JoMarch (2207)   ranked 1 out of 29 in the little prince  2 years ago

you are very welcome sweetie! Im glad that could help:)
good luck then and happy revising and reading:p

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3. myLot reputation of 80/100. atacamaval (3046)   ranked 20 out of 29 in the little prince   1 year ago

It is very difficult to say which is my favourite quote. I would quote almost all the book.
But I find the chapter with the fox so beautiful and moving. A lot of the wisdom of love is shown there.
It is marvelous from the very beginning:

Are you looking for chickens?"

"No," said the little prince. "I am looking for friends. What does that mean--'tame'?"

"It is an act too often neglected," said the fox. It means to establish ties."

"'To establish ties'?"

"Just that," said the fox. "To me, you are still nothing more than a little boy who is just like a hundred thousand other little boys. And I have no need of you. And you, on your part, have no need of me. To you, I am nothing more than a fox like a hundred thousand other foxes. But if you tame me, then we shall need each other. To me, you will be unique in all the world. To you, I shall be unique in all the world . . ."

And then, at the end of the chapter,when they are friends, there´s the secret the fox shares with the little prince:

Goodbye," said the fox. "And now here is my secret, a very simple secret: It is only with the heart that one can see rightly; what is essential is invisible to the eye."

"What is essential is invisible to the eye," the little prince repeated, so that he would be sure to remember.


myLot reputation of 74/100. JoMarch (2207)   ranked 1 out of 29 in the little prince  1 year ago

Thank you very much:) I really love that chapter too

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4. lmizzy (75)   ranked 17 out of 29 in the little prince   1 year ago

little prince is my favorate book.The chapter 21 is my favorate passages.the little prince,the fox,tame and be tamed.
I remember the words the fox said to little prince:
"If u tame me,it will be as if the sun came to shine on my life.I shall know the sound of a step that will be different from all the others.Others send me hurrying back underneath the ground,Yours will call me,like music,out of my burrow.And the look: u see the grain-fields down yonder? I do not eat bread.Wheat is of no use to me.The wheat fields have nothing to say to me.And that is sad.But u have hair that is the colour of gold.Think how wonderful that will be when u have tamed me!The grain,which is also golden,will bring me back the thought of u.And I shall love to listen to the wind in he wheat..."
when I read these words,I feel so touched...I think I'll never read the book like little prince.

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5. myLot reputation of 70/100. mugglecacr (126)   9 months ago

My favourite quote from Le Petit Prince is this "On risque de pleurer un peu si l'on s'est laisse apprivoiser" (One runs the risk of weeping a little, if one lets himself be tamed.), I find that so true and really grabs my heart. I love this story so much that I have found the French version after reading the English version.

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