To Attain His Dream, The

Our Dreams Are Our Own, And Only We Can Know The Effort Required To Keep Them Alive.

We Lose Many Things Simply Out Of Our Fear Of Losing Them.

Suffering Comes From Desire, Not From Pain.

Scars Speak More Loudly Than The Sword That Caused Them.

When I Was 40, I Wrote My First Book, The Pilgrimage, And I Said To Myself, "why Did It Take So Long For Me To Write This Book?" Because My Dream, Since I Was 10 Years Old, Was To Be A Writer. I Said, I Have To Revisit My Life Using A Metaphor, And The Metaphor Was Basically This Boy That Has A Dream And Has To Go Far Away To Realize That His Dream Is Close To Him.