When Ayne (from whom I got this book) told me that it was a good read, I didn't quite believe her. Mostly because I'd read another Paulo Coelho book before and it didn't quite 'click' with me. But even if I'm not too fond of the presentation style, I can understand its appeal, and I actually bookmarked a few quotes because they're so ... true.
'That Faith cannot be explained. It was simply a Dark Night.'
'Remember, the first road to God is prayer, the second is joy.'
'There were no beautiful or ugly bodies, because all had followed the same trajectory.'
'Everyone has a Gift, but they choose not to see it. You accepted yours, and your encounter with your Gift is your encounter with the world. / But why? / So that you can plant God's garden.'
'If he hadn't wanted [Adam and Eve] to eat [the apple], he would never have mentioned it. / So why did he, then? / In order to set the Universe in motion.'
'People give flowers as presents because flowers contain the true meaning of Love. Anyone who tries to possess a flower will have to watch its beauty fading. But if you simply look at a flower in a field, you will keep it forever, because the flower is part of the evening and the sunset and the smell of damp earth and the clouds on the horizon.'
'I will always remember now that love is liberty.'
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