“The simplest things in life are the most extraordinary. Let them reveal themselves.”

—  Paulo Coelho , book Manuscript Found in Accra

Variant: It's the simple things in life that are the most extraordinary.
Source: Manuscript Found in Accra

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Brazilian lyricist and novelist 1947

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