Cannonball Read 17

Sticking It to Cancer One Book at a Time

“And now here is my secret, a very simple secret: It is only with the heart that one can see rightly; what is essential is invisible to the eye.”

The Little Prince by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry

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I have a confession to make: I made it to thirty-nine years old, never having read The Little Prince. I knew of it, of course, that it was a mind-bending children’s classic and emotional philosophical journey, and I purchased a copy with the intent to read it…12 years ago. This slim novella traveled from Tennessee to Louisiana to Illinois and I never cracked it open. It was a matter of missed opportunities: I felt like I should read it, but that I should have already […]

Grown-ups never understand anything by themselves, and it is tiresome for children to be always and forever explaining things to them.

The Little Prince by Antoine de Saint-Exupery

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I can’t tell if I have ever read this before, but I feel like I feel like I’ve read it, if that makes sense, because so many people I’ve known through the years have been obsessed with this book. Also, of course, I’ve run in more than one circle that’s been peppered with Little Prince tattoos. Anyway, I wanted to mention how after I read this, I then read about the author, and his story is quite touching and interesting. Just that when he otherwise […]



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