But the fox returned to his idea.
‘I live a monotonous life. I hunt chickens, men hunt me. The chickens all look alike and the men all look alike, so I get a bit bored. But if you tamed me, it would light up my life. I would get to know a footstep that is different from all the rest. Other footsteps make me go back underground. Yours would call me out of my earth, like music. And then look! You see that cornfield down there? I don’t eat bread. Corn is no use to me. Cornfields mean nothing to me. And that’s sad. But your hair is the colour of gold. So it will be wonderful when I have been tamed! The golden corn will remind me of you. And I will love the sound of the wind in the corn…’
The fox fell silent and gazed at the little prince for a long time.
‘Please… tame me!’ he said.
…
So the little prince tamed the fox. And when the time drew near for him to go:
‘Oh,’ said the fox, ‘I shall cry.’
‘It’s your own fault,’ said the little prince, ‘I never wished you any harm, but you wanted me to tame you…’
‘That’s true,’ said the fox.
‘But you’re going to cry!’ said the little prince.
‘Of course,’ said the fox.
‘So you’re no better off!’
‘I am better off,’ said the fox, ‘because of the colour of the corn.’
Category Archives: Quotes
A little motivational quote to keep me going
How do you expect to get results if you don’t work at it? Every time, try a little harder!
–Tiffany Rothe
Quote from Cheryl Strayed
It was all unknown to me then, as I sat on that white bench on the day I finished my hike. Everything except the fact that I didn’t have to know.
–Cheryl Strayed, “Wild: from lost to found on the Pacific Crest Trail”
To Quote Tina Fey
Sometimes if you have a difficult decision to make, just stall until the answer presents itself.
–Tina Fey, Bossypants
A Quote about Wisdom
You can tell whether a man is clever by his answers. You can tell whether a man is wise by his questions.
–Naguib Mahfouz
The Life of All Sorts 