“Grownups never understand anything by themselves and it is exhausting for children to have to provide explanation over and over.”
More from Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
“If you want to build a ship, don’t drum up people to collect wood and don’t assign them…”
“Once you are my friend, I am responsible for you.”
“Of course I’ll hurt you. Of course you’ll hurt me. Of course we will hurt each other. But…”
“Of course I love you, it is my fault that you have not known it all the while.”