Nature speaks to me as if I were its beloved daughter. The mountain tells me: You have my strength. The lakes tell me: You have my peace and my calm. The sun tells me: Shine like me, go beyond yourself. Listen.
Paulo Coelho
Nature speaks to me as if I were its beloved daughter. The mountain tells me: You have my strength. The lakes tell me: You have my peace and my calm. The sun tells me: Shine like me, go beyond yourself. Listen.
Paulo Coelho de Souza ( KWEL-yoo, koo-EL-yoo, -yoh, Portuguese: [ˈpawlu kuˈeʎu]; born 24 August 1947) is a Brazilian lyricist and novelist and a member of the Brazilian Academy of Letters since 2002. His 1988 novel The Alchemist became an international best-seller.