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Like the Flowing River: Thoughts and Reflections
Paulo Coelho
Translated from the Portuguese by Margaret Jull Costa
Be like the flowing river,
Silent in the night.
Be not afraid of the dark.
If there are stars in the sky, reflect them back.
If there are clouds in the sky,
Remember, clouds, like the river, are water,
So, gladly reflect them too,
In your own tranquil depths.
Manuel Bandeira
Table of Contents
Prepared for Battle, But With a Few Doubts
Looking at Other People’s Gardens
How One Thing Can Contain Everything
The Music Coming from the Chapel
Manuel Is an Important and Necessary Man
The Pianist in the Shopping Mall
On My Way to the Chicago Book Fair
The Piece of Bread That Fell Wrong Side Up
For the Woman Who Is All Women
A Visitor Arrives from Morocco
The Other Side of the Tower of Babel
