Paulo Coelho Quote

The lake was silent for some time. Finally, it said: "I weep for Narcissus, but I never noticed that Narcissus was beautiful. I weep because, each time he knelt beside my banks, I could see, in the depths of his eyes, my own beauty reflected.

The Alchemist - 10th Anniversary Edition (ed. HarperSanFrancisco, 1998)