Why 'The Little Prince' is a book you can read again and again

These days, it often feels like everything I read or watch exhausts me. Unsurprisingly, the news, both local and international, is generally negative. But even the things I consume for entertainment seem to largely be of the dark and depressing variety.

For instance, a sampling of the TV shows I’m currently watching: there’s the brooding and violent The Punisher; there’s Riverdale, the gritty adaptation of the much sunnier Archie comics; there’s the moody Alias Grace, based on Margaret Atwood’s novel; and, I just finished the second season of Stranger Things.