My personal favorite is Antoine de Saint-Exupery’s dedication on The Little Prince. What are your favorites?

“To Leon Werth

I ask children to forgive me for dedicating this book to a grown-up. I have a serious excuse; this grown-up is the best friend I have in the world. I have another excuse: this grown-up can understand everything, even books for children. I have a third excuse: he lives in France where he is hungry and cold. He needs to be comforted. If all these excuses are not enough, then I want to dedicate this book to the child whom this grown-up once was. All grown-ups were children first. (But few of them remember it.) So I correct my dedication:

To Leon Werth When he was a little boy”

  • driveonacid@alien.topB
    link
    fedilink
    English
    arrow-up
    1
    ·
    1 year ago

    A former student wrote a novel and dedicated it to his middle school ELA teacher. The ELA teacher was one of my favorite coworkers, and to see a book dedicated to him was really heartwarming.