The Alchemist — Vocabulary
Paulo Coelho
translated by: Clarke
(Edited)

He remembered something his grandfather had once told him: that butterflies were a good omen.p.32.3alternate pages58 more

He had suddenly remembered that, in Tarifa, there was an old woman who interpreted dreams.p.13.9alternate pages10 more

He is going to transform himself into the wind, just to demonstrate his powers.p.145.4alternate pages4 more

"[The sheep] are so used to me that they know my schedule," he muttered. Thinking about that for a moment, he realized that it could be the other way around: that it was he who had become accustomed to their schedule.p.6.4alternate pages5 more

And, when you want something, all the universe conspires in helping you to achieve it.p.24.9alternate pages5 more

The boy was beginning to understand that intuition is really a sudden immersion of the soul into the universal current of life,p.76.9alternate pages3 more

With every day that passed, the boy's heart became more and more silent. It no longer wanted to know about things of the past or future; it was content simply to contemplate the desert, and to drink with the boy from the Soul of the World.p.138.9alternate pages3 more

As soon as he had learned to know his camel better, and to establish a relationship with him, he threw the book away.p.78.4alternate pages1 more

To realize one's Personal Legend is a person's only real obligation.p.24.8alternate pages4 more

The Englishman had been profoundly impressed by the story.p.69.4alternate pages1 more

...he had before him a chest of Spanish gold coins. There were also precious stones, gold masks adorned with red and white feathers, and stone statues embedded with jewels.p.170.5alternate pages2 more

The following day, the general bade the boy and the alchemist farewell, and provided them with an escort party to accompany them as far as they chose.p.158.4alternate pages

As he mused about these things, he realized that he had to choose between thinking of himself as the poor victim of a thief and as an adventurer in quest of his treasure.p.45.3alternate pages1 more

In my dream, there was a sycamore growing out of the ruins of the sacristy, and I was told that, if I dug at the roots of the sycamore, I would find a hidden treasure. But I'm not so stupid as to cross an entire desert just because of a recurrent dream.p.168.3alternate pages4 more

He would at least have died after having crossed the strait, after having worked in a crystal shop, and after having known the silence of the desert and Fatima's eyes.p.112.5alternate pages3 more

The boy remembered an old proverb from his country. It said that the darkest hour of the night came just before the dawn.p.137.3alternate pages1 more

The rest is up to Allah, including the danger.p.80.4alternate pages10 more

We are obliged, at least once in our lives, to visit the holy city of Mecca.p.56.4alternate pages12 more

And, although his mouth was bleeding and swollen, he told his attackers that he had twice dreamed of a treasure hidden near the Pyramids of Egypt.p.167.4alternate pages5 more

Until then, he had considered the omens to be things of this world. ... He had never thought of them in terms of a language used by God to indicate what he should do.p.92.6alternate pages2 more