“The most sophisticated things in the world are precisely those within the reach of everyone.”

“I want to be someone capable of seeing the unseen faces, of seeing those who do not seek fame or glory, who silently fulfil the role life has given them. I want to be able to do this because the most important things, those that shape our existence, are precisely the ones that never show their faces.”

“Water: it has no taste, no smell, no color, and yet it is the most important thing in the world.”

“That is the true experience of freedom: having the most important thing in the world without owning it.”

“That the truest experience of freedom: having the most important thing in the world without owning it.”

“The true experience of freedom: having the most important thing in the world without owning it.”

“At that moment, it seemed to him that time stood still, and the Soul of the World surged within him. When he looked into her dark eyes, and saw that her lips were poised between a laugh and silence, he learned the most important part of the language that all the world spoke—the language that everyone on earth was capable of understanding in their heart. It was love. Something older than humanity, more ancient than the desert. Something that exerted the same force whenever two pairs of eyes met, as had theirs here at the well.”