"The river is everywhere at the same time, at the source and at the mouth, at the waterfall, at the ferry, at the current, in the ocean and in the mountains, everywhere, and that the present only exists for it, not the shadow of the past, nor the shadow of the future."

This passage, and others pertaining to the river, where Siddhartha finally finds peace, have stuck with me since the first time I read this book twenty-five years ago, and are still stand-outs. With its elegant prose, memorable characters representing different facets of humanity, and wealth of ideas gently nudging the reader towards wisdom, Siddhartha is a book well worth revisiting throughout one's life.

OM.