“Maktub,” she said. “If I am really part of your dream, you’ll come back one day.”
― The Alchemist
― The Alchemist
“And, when you can't go back, you have to worry only about the best way of moving forward.”
― The Alchemist
― The Alchemist
“Life is a storm, my young friend. You will bask in the sunlight one moment, be shattered on the rocks the next. What makes you a man is what you do when that storm comes. You must look into that storm and shout as you did in Rome. Do your worst, for I will do mine! Then the fates will know you as we know you”
― The Count of Monte Cristo
― The Count of Monte Cristo
“And, when you want something, all the universe conspires in helping you to achieve it.”
― The Alchemist
― The Alchemist
“A weakened mind always sees everything through a black veil. The soul makes its own horizons; your soul is dark, which is why you see such a cloudy sky.”
― The Count of Monte Cristo
― The Count of Monte Cristo
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