Most beautiful piece of literature I've ever read.

I can’t find the specific translation for this book that I read but wow. this was recommended by someone special to me, and i’m so glad they did. it was a beautiful depiction of a very tragic story. i’ve never read a book that paints a story in such a poetic way.

“Grief is a pair of hands that are soft to the touch, yet sinewy and powerful, which seize hearts and bedevil them by uniting them. Union is the viceroy of grief, just as it is the intimate friend of every spiritual movement. The soul of a boy suspended between the motive power of union and the influences of grief resembles a lily when it opens its petals. It quivers with the breeze, opens its heart to the rays of dawn, and contracts as the phantoms of evening pass. If the boy has no pastimes to distract his thoughts and no friends who share his interests, the life that stretches before him is like a constricting jail cell, in whose corners only spiders' webs can be seen and only the rustling of vermin can be heard.”

like are you kidding me……. what an amazing way to depict a feeling.. and especially the feeling of grief which is mixed with so much light and darkness. ;_;

“In that way the hour passed, the hour that joined me with Salma for the first time. It was the will of the heavens to liberate me, while I remained unaware, from slavery to confusion and youth, so that I might stride free in love's pageant. Love is the only freedom in this world, because it elevates the soul to a lofty station that cannot be attained by the laws and customs of human beings or conquered by the laws of nature.” 1000000000/10