Цитаты из книги «Маленький принц / The Little Prince»

swallow – n ласточка; v глотать

magnificent – adj великолепный

primeval – adj первобытный, первозданный

I tried to learn something more.

“My cold is not so bad. The cool night air will do me good[21]. I am a flower.”

Straight ahead of him, nobody can go very far

Flowers have thorns just for spite![15]”

I am very fond[13] of sunsets. Come, let us go look at a sunset now.”

If it is only a sprout of radish or the sprig of a rose-bush, let it grow

I know a planet where there is a certain red-faced gentleman. He never smelled a flower. He never looked at a star. He never loved anyone. He never does anything in his life, he just adds up figures. And all day he says over and over, just like you: ‘I am busy with matters of consequence!’