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The Alchemist

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Author: Paulo Coelho

notes

foreword

The story of one person is the story of everyone, and one man’s quest is the quest of all of humanity. (IV)

Even if my neighbor doesn’t understand my religion or understand my politics, he can understand my story. If he can understand my story, then he’s never too far from me. (X)

prologue

  • The lake weeps for Narcissus because it sees its own beauty reflected in his eyes

part one

The boy gets his money stolen and his dejected. But the king’s blessing is still with him. He resolves to follow the almonds with the patients he learned from being a Shepherd. He has learned a wordless language from the sheep. He knew a lot, but took it for granted. To get to Egypt. He resolves to buy some sheep working for a crystal merchant.

It’s the possibility of having a dream come true that makes life interesting. (13)

Everyone seems to have a clear idea of how other people should lead their lives, but none about his or her own. (18)

When each day is the same as the next, it's because people failed to recognize the good things that happen in their lives every day that the sun rises. (30)

part two

  • If you step out of your comfort zone, you can always return. If you don't, you'll never know what possibilities await you.

But I’m afraid that it would all be a disappointment, so I prefer just to dream about it. (57)

Making a decision was only the beginning of things. When someone makes a decision, he is really diving into a strong current that will carry him to places he had never dreamed of when he first made the decision. (70)

Because people become fascinated with pictures and words, and wind up, forgetting the language of the world. (90)

  • They reached the oasis. The boy loves Fatima. He must learn to love without possession and trust Maktub. If he leaves, he will return if he is meant to.
  • Omen of the hawks in the desert
  • The alchemist guides of the boy across the desert

So, I love you because the entire universe conspired to help me find you. (126)

When you possess great treasures with the new, and try to tell others of them, seldom are you believed. (138)

Yes, that’s what love is. It makes the game become the falcon, the falcon become men, and man, in his turn, the desert. It’s what turns lead into gold, and makes the gold return to the earth. (150)

I have inside me the wind, the desert, the oceans, the stars, and everything created in the universe. We were all made by the same hand, and we have the same soul. (151)

Because when we love, we always try to become better than we are. (155)

A current of love rushed from his heart, and the boy began to pray. It was a prayer that he had never said before, because it was a prayer without words or pleas. (156)

The boy reached through to the solo the world, and saw that it was a part of the soul of God. And he saw that the soul of God was his own soul. And that he, a boy, could perform miracles. (157)

  • The boy finds his treasure in the church where it all started

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