The Omen He Had Been Awaiting

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"It was love. Something older than humanity, more ancient than the desert. Something thyyy6And the boy sat there by the well for a long time, remembering that one day in Tarifa the levanter had brought to him the perfume of that
woman, and realizing that He Had Loved Her Before He Even Knew She Existed.And the boy sat there by the well for a long time, remembering that one day in Tarifa the levanter had brought to him the perfume of that
woman, and realizing that He Had Loved Her Before He Even Knew She Existed.And the boy sat there by the well for a long time, remembering that one day in Tarifa the levanter had brought to him the perfume of that
woman, and realizing that He Had Loved Her Before He Even Knew She Existed.at exerted the same force whenever two pairs of eyes met, as had theirs here at the well.

She smiled, and that was certainly an omen-the omen he had been awaiting, without even knowing he was, for all his life.

And the boy sat there by the well for a long time, remembering that one day in Tarifa the Levanter had brought to him the perfume of that
woman, and realizing that he had loved her before he even knew she existed.

~The Alchemist

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