Maturity AND degradation

the world is wondrous, if, and only if.
The Little Prince would not return to his planet through a venomous snake bite.

look, they exploit your kindness in mockery and attribute it to your stupidity.

If I were one given to spite, perhaps I'd be getting along just fine with life. But I haven't learned, it seems, to believe the world truly ugly, and get prickly with my defenses.
-anru

how true, unfortunately.

i hope The Little Prince stays...with me... even when my heart shattered like glass.