"Well then, why should I listen to my heart?"

"Because you will never again be able to keep it quiet. Even if you pretend not to have heard what it tells you, it will always be there inside you, repeating to you what you're thinking about life and the world."

- The Alchemist

Finally I did call him. His phone rang five times and then went to voice mail. “You’ve reached the voice mail of Augustus Waters,” he said, the clarion voice I’d fallen for. “Leave a message.” It beeped. The dead air on the line was so eerie. I just wanted to go back to that secret postterrestrial third space with him that we visited when we talked ( Read more... )

"It is a hope as weak as my heart. This I know. But I will be waiting. I will be listening for your knock. I will be hoping.
May God grant you a long and prosperous life, my daughter. May God give you many healthy and beautiful children. May you find the happiness, peace and acceptance that I did not give you. Be well. I leave you in the loving ( Read more... )

And in that moment, I swear we were infinite.

The Perks of Being A Wallflower. Finally got my hands on this book, all thanks to sis! It's been quite a while since I read an English Fiction and today I had some time to spend in reading one.

It's beautiful how books work, isn't it? How the words are strung sentences by sentences, capturing every bit of ( Read more... )