24 Juni 2010

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“When a person really desires something, all the universe conspires to help that person realize his dream.”
(Paulo Coelho, The Alchemist, 1986)
Was the optimist, motivators' darling Coelho...
"A soul washed and saved is a soul doubly in danger, for everything in the world conspires against such a soul."
(John Steinbeck, Tortilla Flat, 1935)
...answering to the ever satirist Steinbeck? ;))

2 komentar:

  1. apa sih raaaaaaaaannn...???? aaahhhh referensinya susaaaaaaaahhhh...

    :P
    hihihihi

    perlu "makan" ya ran? *wink*

    BalasHapus
  2. hahaha, enggak vir. it's a straightforward question

    I'm, the occasional skeptic, merely asking whether the arguably most famous Coelho's line was written as an answer to Steinbeck's proposition half a century earlier.

    (hahaha anjrit dah bahasanya... lagi baca buku sosiologi :P anyway, have u read tortilla flat? kalo belum, hmm... ntar kalo ga males gue bikin jawaban yg lebih panjang:P)

    BalasHapus