The rose's vulnerability is central. She claims to have tigers, but needs a glass globe. The prince learns love is about seeing through bravado to that vulnerability and protecting it, not calling the bluff. 'I ought to have realized the tenderness underlying her silly pretensions.' Love is a response to perceived fragility, not strength. It's about providing the globe, not challenging the lie about the tigers. The quotes guide us to love the need, not the performance. That's a compassionate view—we all have our 'silly pretensions,' and being loved means someone sees the tenderness underneath and cares for it, without demanding we drop the act entirely.
It's anti-narcissistic. The conceited man wants to be admired, not to love. The king wants to rule, not to connect. The story's view of love is the opposite: it's about looking outward, taming another, becoming vulnerable. The prince's journey is away from self-absorption (his own planet with his rose) and into connection with the fox, the pilot, and others. The quotes emphasize needing each other, being responsible for another. Love dissolves the ego to some extent. You are no longer just a little boy like a hundred thousand others; you are unique to the one you've tamed, and that uniqueness is a gift of the relationship, not a solitary trait.
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"I'll marry you when I grow up." The little Prince chimes as he steadies himself to walk on top of an old abandoned log.
"You can't. A Prince should marry a Princess, and I'm not a Princess so you can't marry me."She says before resuming back to the coloring book in front of her.
With a grunt he hops off the wood. "My mom said I can do whatever I want when im King. And I want to marry you. Simple as that."
Ace breathes heavily as he stares into her eyes. The right words always leave him in her presence. He's always afraid he'll say the wrong thing and she'll turn tail and run but he has had it with all the running.
"I love you," he says, noticing that she's about to say something contrary like she always does. "don't......don't speak, just listen," he says with such seriousness that she has never seen on him before.
"I LOVE YOU," he reiterates louder, bolder using his hands to make gestures at himself and her.
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Sky Baker has known love like no other, but she has also known loss- a great deal of it- and now she's afraid, afraid to let herself fall again because she knows she'll lose it just like she lost it before.
what is the point of loving only to lose it in the end?
Ace Reed had never known love. He was born to parents who didn't want him and cared more about their work than they did him and he has only used girls, for one thing: to satisfy his carnal need.
What happens when one glance at a pair of sky blue eyes makes his heart do things his brain doesn't understand?
What happens when he finally understands his feelings?
What happens when the object of his affections wants nothing to do with him?
The great prince who acquires immense supernatural powers hopelessly fell in love with his best friend. At the age of five, they swore to be by each others side but fate has other plans for them.
Love has many colours every colour has its own side. Join the journey of our characters to see every shade of loveIts a collection of short stories with many different shades of love
"Do you trust me, Hailey?” he asks as he looks deep into my eyes. Our eyes locked and the whole world fades away, it looks deep in my soul as if the answer to his question is there. Thinking about it my mind tries to come up with something not to trust him but nothing. “a little... maybe” is all I could say, while I take another sip of the wine still locked onto his gaze. “If I asked that you must submit to me with your whole body, will you?” his voice was husky. Again, I do not know what to answer. Can I give in just for one night? Would I give in for once, to feel for once how it would feel to be desired? To know how it would feel to be the only one he wants even if it was not real. Even if it was just for one evening. Not trusting my voice, I slowly nod. My Angel, will you break the spell? Are you my only true love? Lying next to her, I take her in my arms as she places her head on my chest. Soon I drifted off to sleep. What happens when myth and reality come together to find love?
This book gathers different love stories, yes, love stories.
All these stories that I collected over time, that were told to me by friends, acquaintances, relatives and others from my own imagination ink.
And perhaps, there is some coincidence.
The drunkard chapter is tragic. He drinks to forget he’s ashamed of drinking. It’s a vicious cycle the eye can observe. The heart might see the deep shame and pain fueling it. The prince just finds it sad and moves on, but the reader is invited to apply heart-sight to understand the cycle of addiction, even in this simplified fable.
A surprisingly blunt one comes from the fox: 'If you come at four in the afternoon, I'll begin to be happy by three.' That’s the anxious, joyful anticipation of love. It’s about the ritual and the waiting becoming part of the happiness itself. Your whole day gets reoriented around the possibility of connection.
It captures the slight madness of affection so perfectly. The time before the meeting isn't wasted; it's charged with meaning because of the promise.
The first quote that always hits me hard is when the fox says, 'It is the time you have wasted for your rose that makes your rose so important.' Isn't that just the essence of love? We pour our time, attention, and care into someone, and that's what makes them irreplaceable. The book frames love as an active choice—not just a feeling—and that’s why it sticks with me.
Another gem is, 'You become responsible, forever, for what you have tamed.' It’s a reminder that love isn’t just about joy; it’s about accountability. The Little Prince’s relationship with his rose is messy and full of misunderstandings, but he still feels that weight of responsibility. It’s a bittersweet take on how love binds us, even when it’s complicated.