Saint-Exupery mystery solved: Little Prince author's plane found crashed off Marseille

Expatica.com ^ | April 7, 2004 | AFP

[NotQuiteCricket]

"The book ... is one of the best-selling titles on the planet, after the Bible and Das Kapital by Karl Marx." Just me or is that funny?

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[L`enn]

Whats also funny, is that I never heard of the book :/

[Squawk 8888]

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[TrueBeliever9]

One of my favorite books! I have given away dozens of this book. People think it for children, but it isn't. It is very profound.

"What is essential to the heart is invisible to the eye." My favorite quote from the Little Prince.

[Rockpile]

Hey thanks for posting this. I had seen mention a few years ago about the fisherman bringing the bracelet up in a net and had never been able to find anything else about it.

If anyone wants to read a decent pre-war flying book try Wind ,Sand and Stars instead of the above kid's book.

Now maybe someday Glenn Miller's plane will be located.

[Voss]

One of my personal favorites:

Grown-ups like numbers. When you tell them about a new friend, they never ask questions about what really matters. They never ask: "What does his voice sound like?" "What games does he like best?" "Does he collect butterflies?" They ask: "How old is he?" "How many brothers does he have?" "How much does he weigh?" "How much money does his father make?" Only then do they think they know him.

He also wrote quite movingly of war, humanity, and responsibility. This quote, for me, has been particularly relevant in recent months:

To be a man is to be responsible. It is to feel shame at the sight of what seems to be unmerited misery. It is to take pride in a victory won by one's comrades. It is to feel, when setting one's stone, that one is contributing to the building of the world.

[First_Salute]

It was not a Lockheed P-38.

He flew a special F-5 recon aircraft.

[TrueBeliever9]

The Little Prince is not a kid's book! It was not written for children, it was written to adults. Stupid bookstores place it in the children's section. Buy one - buy two because you will want to give one to someone very special.

[dixie sass]

I must read that book again.

[Hildy]

Are you kidding me? My Dad used to read me this book befoer I went to bed! Here. You don't even have to buy it:

THE LITTLE PRINCE

[Ruy Dias de Bivar]

Did he not also write the book NIGHT FLIGHT about mail carriers in the early days of flight?

I read it years ago.

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[henderson field]

It's a wonderful book, for children of all ages. You will enjoy reading it.

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[henderson field]

"Wind, Sand and Stars," also by St. Exupery, is also a fine book, but don't overlook "The Little Prince" just because you are under the impression is it only for children.

[Poundstone]

Another of his great books is "Flight to Arras," his account of flying for the French Air Force during the disastrous battle in 1940. One of the few such books that gives the reader a very personal view of what it was like to be on the Allied side during that losing campaign.

[TrueBeliever9]

To be a man is to be responsible. It is to feel shame at the sight of what seems to be unmerited misery. It is to take pride in a victory won by one's comrades. It is to feel, when setting one's stone, that one is contributing to the building of the world.

Thank you for lifting my spirits! "It is only with the heart that one can see rightly; what is essential is invisible to the eye." I love the fox; I can relate to him. "The wheat fields have nothing to say to me. And that is sad. But you have hair that is the color of gold. Think how wonderful that will be when have tamed me! The grain, which is also golden, will bring me back the thought of you. And I shall love to listen to the wind in the wheat..."

I feel that same way when I have read some of George MacDonald's words. What a gift to arrange words so beautifully.

[bonfire]

You've never read The Little Prince? It's wonderful. The movie was my son's favorite and he used to watch it over and over.