Alamut (Scala Translation)
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spirit, mind and passion of man could fly like an eagle, if only a great obstacle hadn’t been put in their way. That obstacle is our body, with all its weaknesses.
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It’s easy to believe in things that require no sacrifice from us. But when we have to prove our faith with our lives, then it begins to waver.”
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“We just grow because there’s strength in us to do that. Like a seed that germinates in the earth and shoots up out
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of the ground, that blooms and bears fruit. Suddenly we’re here, and suddenly we’ll be gone.”
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They just don’t think very much.”
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“That’s for the best. Otherwise they might realize they’re in prison.
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person can spend his whole life between four walls. If he doesn’t think or feel that he’s a prisoner, then he’s not a prisoner. But then there are people for whom the whole planet is a prison, who see the infinite expanse of the universe, th...
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to them. And that awareness makes them the greatest prisoners...
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