Even our misfortunes are a part of our belongings.

The line frames adversity not as an external intrusion but as something that becomes integrated into one’s life—part of what one “has,” carries, and must account for. Read this way, misfortune is not merely loss; it is also experience, memory, and a shaping force that can deepen responsibility, empathy, and self-knowledge. The possessive language (“our…belongings”) suggests that suffering cannot be cleanly disowned: it enters the personal ledger alongside joys and achievements. In Saint-Exupéry’s moral universe, where meaning is forged through commitment and endurance, the thought implies a stoic acceptance—misfortunes may be unwanted, but they still belong to the story of who we are.