Finally able to use that PSP→TV cable that I bought from John over a year ago.
“This is, to me, the lovliest and saddest landscape in the world. It is the same as that on the preceding page, but I have drawn it again to impress it on your memory. It is here that the little prince appeared on Earth, and disappeared.
Look at it carefully so that you will be sure to recognize it in case you travel some day to the African desert. And, if you should come upon this spot, please do not hurry on. Wait for a time, exactly under the star. Then, if a little man appears who laughs, who has golden hair and who refuses to answer questions, you will know who he is. If this should happen, please comfort me. Send me word that he has come back.”
-Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
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I bought a used hardcover edition of the Katherine Woods-translated The Little Prince, and found an inscription in the back made out to the former owner:
“Dear Cindy,
This book has affected my life, the past 30 years since I first read it.
Mostly I’ve offered it as a present, to people who would shelve or not read it, much less understand the connection.
Because you have children, I imagine you reading this to them, a little at a time. It is my belief that you’ll see for yourself it’s not a children’s story after all, but a very serious— I dare say dangerous— storybook for adults.
Thanks always for your friendship.
Affectionately,
Raymond”
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The book, however, is pretty much pristine. I wonder if Cindy ever did read it to her kids, or if she just ended up shelving it, like all the others…
