Alchemist Chapter 1 Quotes & Sayings

Can I just keep you the rest of the night? For the rest of forever. — Linda Kage

Books make the soul float. — Alan Bradley

The essence of justice is mercy. — Edwin Hubbel Chapin

Conceit is an insuperable obstacle to all progress. — Ellen Terry

I wish I had more breaks in life, rather than life breaking me. — Anthony Liccione

My grandfather was a really, really tough no-nonsense factory worker who emigrated from Ireland in about 1900 to Bridgeport, Conn. He had a big effect on me. Those guys who took a great leap out into what they knew not were the ones who were the real stars, the real heroes. — Brian Dennehy

Man's chief goal in life is still to become and stay human, and defend his achievements against the encroachment of nature. — Eric Hoffer

O virgin mother, daughter of thy Son,
humble beyond all creatures and more exalted;
predestined turning point of God's intention;
Thy merit so ennobled human nature
that its divine Creator did not scorn
to make Himself the creature of His creature.
The Love that was rekindled in Thy womb
sends for the warmth of the eternal peace
within whose ray this flower has come to bloom.
Here to us, thou art the noon and scope
of Love revealed; and among mortal men,
the living fountain of eternal hope. — Dante Alighieri

These are the ruins
I mapped onto my body so I might always be lost. — Traci Brimhall