“There is one great truth on this planet: whoever you are, or whatever it is that you do, when you really want something, it's because that desire originated in the soul of the universe…. The soul of the world is nourished by people's happiness.”

—  Paulo Coelho , book The Alchemist

The Old King, p. 22.
Source: The Alchemist (1988)

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