貓的咖啡色

Author: Paulo Coelho (牧羊少年奇幻之旅 還有以前介紹過的"愛的11分鐘-Eleven Minutes")
Book Name: The Devil and Miss Prym

這本書主要是在說一個陌生男子到了一個偏僻的鄉下
他挑了一名年輕女孩並告訴她說他在哪裡埋下十個金條
只要她回去向村民說這十個金條在哪 她便可擁有一條
因為這個陌生男子想要測驗人性 看看村民是否會為了這些金條而大開殺戒
假使這名女子選擇甚麼都不說的話 陌生人便會將此事告訴村民
因此村民便會以為她想全部私吞而成了眾人撻伐的對象
目前我只看到了女主角一直很猶豫要不要告訴村民

---page 10---
In the first place, you shouldn't believe in promises.
The world is full of them: promises of riches, of enternal salvation, of infinite love.
Some people think they can promise anything, others accept whatever seems to guarantee etter days ahead, as, I suspect is your case.
Those who make promises they don't keep end up powerless and frustrated,and exactly the same fate awaits those who believe those promises.

---page 12---
But if you live somewhere perfect for a long time, you get bored with it in the end.

---page 18---
I would continue to suffer, but knowing that everyone else is suffering too would make the pain more bearable.

---page 39---
Good and Evil have the same face, it all depends on when they cross the path of each individual human being.
(註: 在"最後的晚餐"一圖中，達文西找了同一個人來當耶穌和叛徒來當模特兒，時間前後相差了三年)

---page 43---
They were so ignorant, so naive, so resigned to their lot.
They refuse to believe anything that didn't fit in with what they used to beliving.
They all live in fear of God.
They were all---herself included--- cowards when the moment comes to change their fate.