Book 2: The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho

Great book! I highly reccomend this book to... everyone! It's a short read, less that 200 pages, but it is filled with a lot of wisdom.
It is a very straightfoward novel, with a simple plot. It is about a boy who travels through the desert to complete his Personal Legend and find treaure. It is kin of like those old stories your grandparets tell you, and they tend to have a great moral. Anyways, I don't want to give too much away, but I think anyone and everyone should read this book, I promise you won't be dissapointed.
Here are some of my favorite quotes from the book.
- [The worlds greatest lie] "It's this: that at a certain point in our lives, we lose control of what's happening to us, and our lives become controlled by fate. That's the world's greatest lie."
- "People say strange things, the boy thought. Sometimes it's better to be with the sheep, who don't say anything."
- "And, when you want something, all the universe conspires in helping you achieve it."
- “We are afraid of losing what we have, whether it’s our life or our possessions or our property. But this fear evaporates when we understand that our life stories and the history of the world were written by the same hand.” 
- "Because, wherever your heart is, that is where you'll find your treasure."

There are sooo many more, but you will have to read it!