Thursday, January 25, 2024

The Alchemist - Paulo Coelho

 Started: Sunday, 21st of January 2024


Yesterday, the camel's groan signaled danger, and now a row of date palms could herald a miracle.

The world speaks many languages, the boy thought.


And, as the camel driver had said, to die tomorrow was no worse than dying on any other day. Every day was there to be lived or to mark one's departure from this world.


"I'm going away," he said. "And I want you to know that I'm coming back. I love you because..." 

"Don't say anything," Fatima interrupted. "One is loved because one is loved. No reason is needed for loving."

"How do I immerse myself in the desert?"

"Listen to your heart. It knows all things, because it came from the Soul of the World, and it will one day return there."


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