“最好还是在原来的那个时间来。”狐狸说道，“比如说，你下午四点钟来，那么从三点钟起，我就开始感到幸福。时间越临近，我就越感到幸福。到了四点钟的时候，我就会坐立不安；我要让你看看我有多幸福。但是，如果你随便什么时候来，我就不知道该在什么时候准备好我的心情……应当有一定的仪式。”
“You know— my flower… I am responsible for her. And she is so weak! She is so naive! She has four thorns, of no use at all, to protect herself against all the world…”
“你知道……我的花……我是要对她负责的！而且她又是那么弱小！她又是那么天真。她只有四根微不足道的刺保护自己，抵抗外敌……”
“The fact is that I did not know how to understand anything! I ought to have judged by deeds and not by words. She cast her fragrance and her radiance over me. I ought never to have run away from her… I ought to have guessed all the affection that lay behind her poor little stratagems. Flowers are so inconsistent! But I was too young to know how to love her…”