Be Gentle With Hearts, You Cannot See Them

Maybe he deserves it,
Maybe she brings it upon herself,

Maybe it's trivial,
Maybe it's exaggerated,

But so long as it is felt,
Pain is pain.


Assume nothing of hearts;
You cannot see them.

Be respectful of hearts;
You cannot tell how weak, how strong.

Be gentle with hearts;
You may not know when they're breaking inside.

It is such a secret place, the land of tears.
-- Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, "The Little Prince"
As translated by Katherine Woods