IMPORTANT QUOTATIONS AND ANALYSIS - QUOTES

(Harper Collins Publishers, Inc. 1998)

1.) All I know is that like Santiago, the shepherd boy, we all need to be aware of our personal calling. (pages ix and x)

The author expresses idea in his foreword to this edition.

2.) The secret of life, though, is to fall seven times and to get up eight times. (page xi)

The author again voices his philosophy in the foreword of this edition.

3.) If you believe yourself worthy of the thing you fought so hard to get, then you become and ......

.........14.) If I am really a part of your dream, you'll come back one day. (page 97)

This is how Fatima convinces Santiago to continue the pursuit of his dream.

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