You know - one loves the sunset, when one is so sad... "Were you so sad, then?" I asked, "on the day of the forty-four sunsets?" But the little prince made no reply.

Sadness makes sunsets feel precious, the little prince says. The narrator asks whether he was that sad on the day of the forty-four sunsets. He gives no answer, and the silence says more than words would.

Context reviewed 28 September 2026