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.
I ask the indulgence of the children who may read this book for dedicating it to a grown-up. I have a serious reason: he is the best friend I have in the world. I have another reason: this grown-up understands everything, even books about children. I have a third reason: he lives in France where he is hungry and cold. He needs cheering up. If all these reasons are not enough, I will dedicate the book to the child from whom this grown-up grew. All grown-ups were once children– although few of them remember it. And so I correct my dedication:
To Leon Werth
When he was a little boy
To Leon Werth
When he was a little boy
Finding someone you love and who loves you back is a wonderful, wonderful feeling. But finding a true soul mate is an even better feeling. A soul mate is someone who understands you like no other, loves you like no other, will be there for you forever, no matter what. They say that nothing lasts forever, but I am a firm believer in the fact that for some, love lives on even after we're gone.
The power of a glance has been so much abused in love stories, that it has come to be disbelieved in. Few people dare now to say that two beings have fallen in love because they have looked at each other. Yet it is in this way that love begins, and in this way only.
To love or have loved, that is enough. Ask nothing further. There is no other pearl to be found in the dark folds of life.
You who suffer because you love, love still more. To die of love, is to live by it.
A garden to walk in and immensity to dream in--what more could he ask? A few flowers at his feet and above him the stars.
He never went out without a book under his arm, and he often came back with two.
Spring is the time of year when it is summer in the sun and winter in the shade.
