The Devil and Miss Prym by Paulo Coelho

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the devil and miss prymThe Devil and Miss Prym

The Devil and Miss Prym-A stranger arrives at the remote village of Viscos, carrying with him a backpack containing a notebook and eleven gold bars.

He comes searching for the answer to a question that torments him: Are human beings, in essence, good or evil? In welcoming the mysterious foreigner, the whole village becomes an accomplice to his sophisticated plot, which will forever mark their lives.

A novel of temptation, The Devil and Miss Prym is a thought-provoking parable of a community devoured by greed, cowardice, and fear—as it struggles with the choice between good and evil.

The Devil and Miss Prym Quotes

When we least expect it, life sets us a challenge to test our courage and willingness to change; at such a moment, there is no point in pretending that nothing has happened or in saying that we are not yet ready. The challenge will not wait. Life does not look back. A week is more than enough time for us to decide whether or not to accept our destiny.

Anyone who loves in the expectation of being loved in return is wasting their time.

 

Whenever you want to achieve something, keep your eyes open, concentrate and make sure you know exactly what it is you want. No one can hit their target with their eyes closed.
People want to change everything and, at the same time, want it all to remain the same.
Because you believed I was capable of behaving decently, I did.
So you see, Good and Evil have the same face; it all depends on when they cross the path of each individual human being
She had just realized there were two things that prevent us from achieving our dreams: believing them to be impossible or seeing those dreams made possible by some sudden turn of the wheel of fortune, when you least expected it. For at that moment, all our fears suddenly surface: the fear of setting off along a road heading who knows where, the fear of a life full of new challenges, the fear of losing forever everything that is familiar.

In the first place, you shouldn’t believe in promises. The world is full of them: the promises of riches, of eternal salvation, of infinite love. Some people think they can promise anything, others accept whatever seems to guarantee better days ahead, as, I suspect is your case. Those who make promises they don’t keep end up powerless and frustrated, and exactly the fate awaits those who believe promises.

 

Originally published: 2000
Author: Paulo Coelho
Original language: Portuguese
Genres: Novel, Fiction
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