Silent irRegularity and Life

He was learning a lot of new things. Some of them were things that he had already experienced, and weren't really new, but that he had never perceived before. And he hadn't perceived them because he had become accustomed to them.
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There was a moment of silence so profound that it seemed the city was asleep. No sound from the bazaars, no arguments among the merchants, no men climbing to the towers to chant.
No hope,
no adventure,
no old kings or Personal Legends,
no treasure, and no Pyramids.
It was as if the world had fallen silent because
the boy's soul had...
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"Because I don't live in either my past or my future. I'm interested only in the present. If you can concentrate always on the present, you'll be a happy man. (newsssflash) You'll see that there is life in the desert, that there are stars in the heavens, and that tribesmen fight because they are part of the human race. Life will be a party for you, a grand festival... because life is the moment we're living right now."

Jolene Coelho

With flaming locks of auburn hair
With ivory skin and eyes of emerald green

When someone sees the same people every day, as had happened with him at the seminary (and with me and with you all day long, wherever we are) , they wind up becoming a part of that person's life. And then they want the person to change. If someone isn't what others want them to be, the others become angry. Everyone seems to have a clear idea of how other people should lead their lives, but none about his or her own.
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People say strange things, the boy though. Sometimes it's better to be with the sheep, who don't say anything. And better still to be alone with one's books. They tell their incredible stories at the time when you want to hear them. But when you're talking to people, they say some things that are so strange that you don't know how to continue the conversation.
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"The secret of happiness is to see all the marvels of the world, and never to forget the drops of oil on the spoon."