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stories of friends and strangers
by Paolo Coelho

C. Martins comes over to serve our table in a caf in San Diego, California. I met Cludia in Brazil four years ago, and I tell my friends about the life she leads in the United States, getting only three hours sleep a day, working at the caf until late at night and then as a baby-sitter during the whole day.

"I don't know how she can stand it," someone says.

"There is a Buddhist tale about a turtle," says an Argentinian at our table. "The turtle is moving through a swamp, covered in mud, when it passes in front of a temple. There it sees a turtle shell, all covered in gold and precious stones.

"I don't envy you, old friend," thought the turtle. "You're covered in jewels, but I'm doing what I want to."

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salome_seule:
i love paulo coehlo, i've read the Alchemist and this other one, i think its called, Down By the River Piedra I Wept. hes incredible. you always leave me such beauitiful things, stories, portraits....
Dec 12, 2003
_risforrad:
Hey man

thanks for the post awhile back. Everything's cool - I wrote my last final today (yaay!).

ttyl
Dec 15, 2003

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