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BY THE RIVER PIEDRA I SAT DOWN AND WEPT.

BY THE RIVER PIEDRA I SAT DOWN AND WEPT.

Another wonderful novel by the popular writer Paolo Coelho. This book has 210 pages and is published by HarperCollins. The protagonist of the book is Pilar who lived in a small town Soria, but went to Zaragoza after school. There she gets a letter from her childhood friend who’s now a spiritual teacher, who could also perform miracles. He had invited her for his lecture in Madrid. She meets her old childhood sweetheart. Yes, shyness had prevented their adolescent love affair from developing. But now, after 11 years, they were getting a second chance. “God always offers us a second chance in life.” 
The book is in the form of a diary entry from Saturday, December 4 to Friday, December 10, 1993. Pilar expressed her inner conflicts and confusions in these pages. How she was moved by him is also evident in them. Together they travel and share their knowledge.
There are many excellent quotes in the book. Some of them which I liked the best:
“In fairy tales, the princesses kiss the frogs, and the frogs become princes. In real life, the pricesses kiss princes, and the princes turn into frogs.” 
“Waiting is painful. Forgetting is painful. But not knowing which to do is the worst kind of suffering.” 
“To love is to lose control.” 
“The moment we begin to seek love, love begins to seek us. And to save us.” 
“But love is much like a dam; if you allow a tiny crack to form through which only a trickle of water can pass, that trickle will quickly bring down the whole structure and soon no one will be able to control the force of the current.” 
“Love is a trap. When it appears, we see only its light, not its shadows.” 
Throughout the story I kept wondering about the title. Why did she weep? Is the ending tragic? i found it out, but I won’t be a suspense spoiler. Flip the leaves to find out!

I was truly dissolved in this book. Hope you have the same feeling while you read too!

T.Anagha Sivadas
IX C, S4399

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