Every summer, these beauties grow wild along the freeways of Utah. For some landowners, the wild flowers are a horrific pain, but for weekend road-trippers such as myself, they are a source of immense pleasure. Thank you, little wild flowers, for brightening my drive.
"The men where you live," said the little prince, "raise five thousand roses in the same garden--and yet they do not find in it what they are looking for."
"They do not find it," I answered.
"And yet what they are looking for could be found in one single rose, or in a little water."
"Yes, that is true," I said.
And the little prince added:
"But eyes are blind. One must look with the heart..."
~ Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, The Little Prince, trans. Katherine Woods
(Jeremy, thank you for suggesting The Little Prince. You were 10,000% right that I would enjoy it. I loved it.)
Just wanted to post the original text in french :
ReplyDelete« Les hommes de chez toi, dit le petit prince, cultivent cinq mille roses dans un même jardin... et ils n’y trouvent pas ce qu’ils cherchent.
— Ils ne le trouvent pas, répondis-je...
— Et cependant ce qu’ils cherchent pourrait être trouvé dans une seule rose ou un peu d’eau...
— Bien sûr », répondis-je.
Et le petit prince ajouta :
« Mais les yeux sont aveugles. Il faut chercher avec le cœur. »
anyway I'm glad you liked it :) this book is so beautiful :)