The Little Prince

"And no grown-up will ever understand how such a thing could be so important"

Antoine de Saint-Exupery

The Little Prince

This was one of those books that cause people shock when they found out I hadn't read it. Now that I've read it, I really can believe that I didn't read it before. It's beautiful. Truly beautiful. And heartbreaking and touching and important. The way it handles the joy in the little things, and how those little things that bring us joy are different for everyone because we experience them differently, and how we should try not to loose the wonder of the universe as we get older were amazing. It reminded me that we can't set the scope too narrow, so that we loose context like the business man, and that we cannot ask of people things that they cannot do, from the just king. We cannot become overburdened by guilt like the drunkard, and that to be tamed risks tears.

I loved this story. The drawings were beautiful, the language was phenomenal. I feel like this is one of the books that I will have to read once a year to remind myself not to grow up, and to look at the stars and hear the twinkling of all the little bells, to see roses blooming in all the stars. I will have to remember to not give in to despair. It was beautiful.