Albert Lamorisse Quotes

“Once he brought home a lost cat, and some time later a stray puppy. But his mother said animals brought dirt into the house, and so Pascal was soon alone again in his mother’s clean well-kept rooms.”

“People with dogs walk. People with packages take taxis. People with balloons leave them behind.”

″...since it was the first time that he had ever been late, he was not punished.”

“To be late for school and with a balloon- that was unheard of! Pascal was very worried.”

“Then one day, on his way to school, he caught site of a fine red balloon, tied to a street lamp.”

“He had no brothers or sisters, and he was very sad and lonely at home.”