# Quote — Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, The Little Prince

> "Where are the people?" resumed the little prince at last. "It's a little lonely in the desert..."
>
> "It is lonely when you're among people, too," said the snake.

- Author: [Antoine de Saint-Exupéry](https://www.leafyquotes.com/antoine-de-saint-exupery.md)
- Book: [The Little Prince](https://www.leafyquotes.com/antoine-de-saint-exupery/the-little-prince.md)
- Original (fr): 'Où sont les hommes ?' reprit enfin le petit prince. 'On est un peu seul dans le désert.' / 'On est seul aussi chez les hommes', dit le serpent.
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>
> "Then my sunset?" insisted the little prince, who never let go of a question once he had asked it.
>
> "You shall have your sunset. I shall command it. But I shall wait, according to my science of government, until conditions are favorable."

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