"It is only with the heart that one can see rightly. What is essential is invisible to the eye."
- The Little Prince, Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
Life is precious. Samuel obtained the secondhand knowledge when his neighbor’s dog died. It was as if the boy had lost something of higher value than the insignificant price of a halfbreed pup. Ever since, Samuel has been waiting for evidence, his relationships a study seeking to prove the preciousness of life. He’s been an unsuccessful scientist.
Sometimes science requires extreme measures – no progress without risk. He stands on the edge of the roof, face tear-streaked after the fight.
What are you waiting for? He lets himself fall, passing on his research to the lover waiting for him at home.
Po, 2010-04-12 20:17 — Lejdynka
:((( -teardrop- If life is
:(((
-teardrop-
If life is precious, how could he possibly waste it like that? How will he find out if his lover understood it right?
It's sad. But there's no reason to succumb, since it's the whole life, 'enlived' and fulfilled, that will prove the preciousness of itself.
Where could I find The Little Prince in English?
(and sorry, it's completely impossible for me to comment on your drabbles in Czech, since they're in English)
Po, 2010-04-12 21:49 — Estriel
I suppose he never understood
I suppose he never understood that his life is precious as well; it's the whole "will you miss me if I'm gone" kind of thought process.
http://home.pacific.net.hk/~rebylee/text/prince/contents.html - I'm sure there are other places; this was the first full text of the Little Prince I found.
Thank you for your comments, by the way - I have read and appreciated every single one of them. I'm just not that good at responding here. It's nice knowing that someone actually reads and enjoys the stuff. :)
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