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Description
A community devoured by greed, cowardice, and fear. A man persecuted by the ghosts of his painful past. A young woman searching for happiness. In one eventful week, each will face questions of life, death, and power, and each will choose a path. Will they choose good or evil? In the remote... read more
Memorable Quotes
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“Thats an excellent story," He said. "Ahab really understood human nature: it isn't the desire to abide by the law that makes everyone behave as society requires, but the fear of punishment. Each one of us carries a gallows inside us.”
the stranger -
“One thing I can tell you with absolute certainty: life can either seem very long or very short, according to how you live it.”
Berta -
“Theworld has existed without agriculture, without domesticated animals, without religion, without music, but never without weapons.”
the stranger -
“There are two kinds of idiots--those who don't take action because they have recieved a threat, and those who think they are taking action because they have issued a threat”
Ahab
First Sentence
For almost fifteen years, old Berta had spent every day sitting outside her front door.
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Authors & Contributors
- Paulo Coelho (Author)
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