"The boy told himself that, on the way toward realizing his own destiny, he had learned all he needed to know, and had experienced everything he might have dreamed of."
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"That's what the world is like: people talk as if they knew everything, but ifyou dare to ask a question, they don't know anything."
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"Once in a mental hospital, a person grows used to the the freedom that exists in the world of insanity and becomes addicted to it."
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"Most important and most vulnerable of human emotions; Love."
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"Knowledge was always the power that kept the Universe in its place and the stars turning in their orbits."
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"What we see is not always what exists."
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"This is for you,' he (the Alchemist) said, holding one of the parts (of gold) out to the monk. 'It's for your generosity to the pilgrims.' 'But this payment goes well beyond my generosity,' the monk responded. 'Don't say that again. Life might be listening, and give you less the next time."
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"we who determine how quickly time passes."
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"We live in a vale of tears...We can have all the dreams we like, but life is hard, implacable, sad."
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"I am always amazed that so many people are concerned with wanting to be what they are not;What is the point of making yourself look ridiculous? You don't always have to pretend to be strong,there is no need to prove all the time that everything is going well,you shouldn't be concerned about what other people are thinking. Cry if you need to,it's good to cry out all your tears,because only then you will be able to smile again."
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"I savour the idea of my new state: single and a millionaire."
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"Love transforms and love cures;but,sometimes,love builds deadly traps and can end up destroying a person who had resolved to give him or herself completely.What is this complex feeling which,deep down,is the only reason we continue to live,struggle and improve?"
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"We always have the necessary resources to face the storms that life throws at us, but most of the time,those resources are locked up in the depths of our heart and we waste an enormous amount of time trying to find them.By the time we've found them,we already been defeated by adversity."
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"I understand once again that the greatness of God always reveals itself in the simple things."
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"now that she realized she had been waiting for him—she did not like that."
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"And she already has her treasure: it’s you."
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"You're a man who has suffered and wants revenge,' she said. 'Your heart is dead, your soul is in darkness. The devil by your side is smiling because you are playing the game he invented."
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"She was doing it because she had nothing to lose, because her life was one of constant, day to day frustration."
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"I’ve been through all this before,’ he says to his heart. “ ‘Yes, you have been through all this before,’ replies his heart. ‘But you have never been beyond it."
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"She wants to drink that man too, and then she can forget forever the cheap wine that you gulp down and that makes you feel drunk, but always leaves you with a headache and an empty space in your soul."
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