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Alephpaulo coelho
Translated from the Portuguese
by Margaret Jull Costa
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Aleph
I put my arms around her, so that her head is resting on
my shoulder.
I love you, I tell her. I love you because all the lovesin the world are like different rivers flowing into the same
lake, where they meet and are transformed into a single
love that becomes rain and blesses the earth.
I love you like a river that creates the right conditions
for trees and bushes and flowers to flourish along its banks.
I love you like a river that gives water to the thirsty and
takes people where they want to go.I love you like a river that understands that it must
learn to flow differently over waterfalls and to rest in the
shallows. I love you because we are all born in the same
place, at the same source, which keeps us provided with a
constant supply of water. And so, when we feel weak, all
we have to do is wait a little. The spring returns, and the
winter snows melt and fill us with new energy.I love you like a river that begins as a solitary trickle in
the mountains and gradually grows and joins other rivers
until, after a certain point, it can flow around any obstacle
in order to get where it wants.
I receive your love, and I give you mine. Not the love
of a man for a woman, not the love of a father for a child,
not the love of God for his creatures, but a love with noname and no explanation, like a river that cannot explain
why it follows a particular course but simply flows onward.
A love that asks for nothing and gives nothing in return;
it is simply there. I will never be yours, and you will never
be mine; nevertheless, I can honestly say: I love you, I love
you, I love you.
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Maybe its the afternoon, maybe its the light, but at
that moment, the Universe seems finally to be in perfect
harmony. We stay where we are, feeling not the slightestdesire to go back to the hotel, where Yao will doubtless be
waiting for me.
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t h i s i s a b o r z o i b o o k
p u b l i s h e d b y a l f r e d a . k n o p f
Translation copyright 2011 by Margaret Jull Costa
All rights reserved. Published in the United States by
Alfred A. Knopf, a division of Random House, Inc., New York,and in Canada by Random House of
Canada Limited, Toronto.
www.aaknopf.com
Originally published in Brazil as O Aleph by Sextante, Rio de
Janeiro, in 2010. Copyright 2010 by Paulo Coelho.
Map by John Gilkes
Knopf, Borzoi Books, and the colophon areregistered trademarks of Random House, Inc.
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Coelho, Paulo.
[Aleph. English]
Aleph / by Paulo Coelho ; translated by Margaret Jull
Costa.1st American ed.
p. cm.
This is a Borzoi book.
isbn978-0-307-70018-6
I. Costa, Margaret Jull. II. Title.
pq9698.13.o3546a4413 2011
869.3'42dc22 2011021088
This is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places, and
incidents either are the product of the authors imagination
or are used fictitiously. Any resemblance to actual persons,
living or dead, events, or locales is entirely coincidental.
Jacket design by Katya Mezhibovskaya
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