Antoine de Saint-Exupéry quote about children from The Little Prince - Only the children know what they are looking for . . . They waste their time over a rag doll and it becomes very important to them; and if anybody takes it away from them, they cry.
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“ Only the children know what they are looking for . . . They waste their time over a rag doll and it becomes very important to them; and if anybody takes it away from them, they cry. ”
 Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, The Little Prince (1943). copy citation

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Author Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
Source The Little Prince
Topic children importance attachment
Date 1943
Language English
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Note Translated by Katherine Woods
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“Les enfants seuls savent ce qu'ils cherchent . . . Ils perdent du temps pour une poupée de chiffons, et elle devient très importante, et si on la leur enlève, ils pleurent…” Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, Le Petit Prince

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Antoine de Saint-Exupéry quote about children from The Little Prince - Only the children know what they are looking for . . . They waste their time over a rag doll and it becomes very important to them; and if anybody takes it away from them, they cry.
Antoine de Saint-Exupéry quote about children from The Little Prince - Only the children know what they are looking for . . . They waste their time over a rag doll and it becomes very important to them; and if anybody takes it away from them, they cry.