“Don't think about what you've left behind" The alchemist said to the boy as they began to ride across the sands of the desert. "If what one finds is made of pure matter, it will never spoil. And one can always come back. If what you had found was only a moment of light, like the explosion of a star, you would find nothing on your return.”
― The Alchemist
― The Alchemist
“He walked away
from the sun
to sit
with a candle,
he walked away
from the moon
to sit
with the night
- Choices”
― ANAMIKA: BEYOND WORDS
from the sun
to sit
with a candle,
he walked away
from the moon
to sit
with the night
- Choices”
― ANAMIKA: BEYOND WORDS
“Will you remember this day, Gogol?" his father had asked, turning back to look at him, his hands pressed like earmuffs to either side of his head. "How long do I have to remember it?" Over the rise and fall of the wind, he could hear his father's laughter. He was standing there, waiting for Gogol to catch up, putting out a hand as Gogol drew near. "Try to remember it always," he said once Gogol reached him, leading him slowly back across the breakwater, to where his mother and Sonia stood waiting. "Remember that you and I made this journey, that we went together to a place where there was nowhere left to go.”
― The Namesake
― The Namesake
“We are travelers on a cosmic journey,stardust,swirling and dancing in the eddies and whirlpools of infinity. Life is eternal. We have stopped for a moment to encounter each other, to meet, to love, to share.This is a precious moment. It is a little parenthesis in eternity.”
― The Alchemist
― The Alchemist
“Why do we have to listen to our hearts?" the boy asked.
"Because, wherever your heart is, that is where you will find your treasure.”
― The Alchemist
"Because, wherever your heart is, that is where you will find your treasure.”
― The Alchemist
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