Tagged again: Book excerpt
I've been tagged again by Jad. This time I'm supposed to grab the nearest book, turn to page 123, go down 5 sentences and post the next three on my site.
So here it is:
"...And if that is what happens, if I have already lost him, I will at least have gained one very happy day in my life. Considering the way the world is, one happy day is almost a miracle."
From Paulo Coelho's Eleven Minutes.
This didn't work quite as nicely as it was supposed to because page 123 is the last page of a chapter and there aren't enough sentences to fufill the request... so I just posted the last two. Good enough!
So here it is:
"...And if that is what happens, if I have already lost him, I will at least have gained one very happy day in my life. Considering the way the world is, one happy day is almost a miracle."
From Paulo Coelho's Eleven Minutes. This didn't work quite as nicely as it was supposed to because page 123 is the last page of a chapter and there aren't enough sentences to fufill the request... so I just posted the last two. Good enough!
posted by Grace at 11:47 AM
6 Comments:
My God, the character thinking those lines is definitely a pessimist. One happy day is a miracle? That's bleak.
Well, the main character is a prostitute so I doubt she sees a lot of happy days.
I hate how prostitutes wallow in self-pity. They should turn those lemons into lemonade! They're self-employed, set their own hours and their own rates. They can get by working only a few hours a day; they got it made in the shade. We should all be so lucky.
i loved this book much
cheers
Paulo Coelho also has blog:
http://www.paulocoelhoblog.com
and newsletter:
http://www.warriorofthelight.com/engl/index.html
it`s realy great!
cheers and best reagards!
Aart Hilal
aarthilal.blogspot.com
Not a bad paragraph to pick out at random.
I highly recommend this book to anyone :)
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