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Monday, March 27, 2006

From 'The Little Prince'

If you haven't read this beautiful little book by Antoine de Saint-Exupery, please do.

Here the little prince meets a fox who will not play with him because he is not tame:

"To me," [says the fox] "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...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 ."


Later the narrator of the story fears that the little prince, whom he has befriended, will return to his own planet. The prince promises that he will not be left alone:

But I was not reassured. I remembered the fox.
One runs the risk of weeping a little if one lets himself be tamed.

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