Antoine de Saint-Exupery Quotes

And I would argue the second greatest force in the universe is ownership.

The sky above us is something we have very little control of, and the space beyond is something we don't completely understand.

In what then does real power consist? The answer is short and plain—in property.

…property in fact generally confers power, though the possessor of it may not have much more wit than a mole or a mugwash…

She believes that Tobias belongs to her now. She doesn't know the truth, that he belongs to himself.

AXIOM. — Property is the Right of Increase claimed by the Proprietor over any thing which he has stamped as his own.

I want to feel that I own things.

Whoever knows how to take, to defend, the thing, to him belongs property.

Mine is the night, with all her stars.

Dominion must naturally follow Property.

I like the universe and nature. I am inspired a lot by the beauties of nature. I named myself as the sun because the sun is the brightest star from the incalculable stars in the universe.

I want all the titles.

I can't imagine anything more beautiful on this planet than looking up at the stars and seeing a kind of artificial star moving through the night sky.

If something is mine, then I want to keep it.

Who are you?" I asked. "You know who I am," he replied. "I'm yours." ~Clea / Sage, pg. 105

The world can be such a fright, but it belongs to us tonight.

I don't own an inch of land, but all I see is mine.

I have the money and they won't get their hands on it.

Land is the only thing in the world that amounts to anything.

It makes good sense to revere the sun and the stars ... because we are their children

Some people's measure of success is how much they can grab hold of and hold on to.

Are you mine?” Yes. “Are you mine?” Yes. “Are you mine?” No. “No?” No. I loved being yours. But now I’m mine, which is all I ever was, in the end.

Listen to me. I don’t know what’s going on. I don’t know what any of this means. But I know this much. It doesn’t matter. You’re not one of them. You never were. You’re not theirs. You’re mine.

What can you take from me which is not already yours?

Nine-tenths of human law is about possession.