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April 1,2025
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تحميل رواية فيرونيكا تقرر أن تموت باولو كويلو مجانا من هذا الرابط :
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April 1,2025
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For people who are concerned only superficially with the subject complex, the book is perhaps quite suitable.
I found it very terrible and failed, especially in face of the fact that the approach could have a lot of potential, but this novel was not for me.
April 1,2025
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I am not sure whether among Paulo Coelho’s goals in writing ‘Veronika decides to die’ was to not only inform the readers of the exact location of Ljubljana, Slovenia but also to stir interest in its political circumstances in and around the year 1997 . If it was, it is safe to say that , that particular mission is accomplished as far as I am concerned. This book was first published in the year 2000 (ISBN # 0-06- 0I9612-2). The central theme of the book, contrary to what its title suggests is, living life to the fullest.

Predominantly set in a mental asylum, the tone and content of the book is cathartic. I salute and thank the author for keeping his promise to himself back in the 60s, the one he made to document the wisdom he gathered from his personal experiences in various mental asylums. Someone needed to speak for the misunderstood and perhaps feared non-conformists across the world. The author has made a case for people that have an inner voice, which they find impossible to suppress in spite of their “best” efforts . When this “disability” surfaces, it overtly , unfortunately and eventually sets them apart. When these people find no support from their families to be true to themselves, they experience what it is to have one’s soul squelched. He describes beautifully what it is to be strangled spiritually and mentally by one’s own parents (and well wishers) out of sheer, raw ,unadulterated love. But more importantly Coelho dips further into his wisdom and largess to offer an alternative to succumbing to this excruciating existence .
I would consider this book a self-help book for those that are non-conformists and for those that are not it is a revealing psychological journey into minds of people that are more in touch with their soul.
Coelho’s trademark style of writing is unmistakable. Precise, accurate but colloquial. In driving the point home to the simplest and the most alienated mind he doesn’t leave comprehension to chance, clearly explaining the technicalities of medicine in layman terms. In order to make all his points realistically he has created more than one character and pointed out the commonalities as well as discrepancies of their circumstances. He has brilliantly used chronology, political milieu, family dynamics, etc. to convince the reader of his thesis. Most fascinating is his usage of an irony within an irony, as he describes the mental asylum as the place where people are not only unexpectedly cured of their maladies but also for the exact opposite reason as the society would imagine academically . Coelho creates the perfect arena to spot light not only the dues one pays to live in a society organized by the majority but also the ramifications of paying those dues for certain individuals who are in minority.

I accidentally came upon this book. And I it consider a gift to society (for his other gifts visit http://www.paulocoelho.com/engl/index...) . It has validated, clarified and accentuated many of my suspicions and beliefs accordingly. The fact that all the characters in this book have/ had families that were well to do is striking and confirms my suspicion, that people that grow up in well to do families run certain risks of being misunderstood that their economically less fortunate counterparts escape. All the characters described are those that have their lives cut out for them by an over indulgent resourceful and expectant family. They are partially self actualized individuals. One is supported by ones own conscience as well as by the society at large when one stands up against abuse. But when one is suffocated and smothered by love it can be extremely confusing to even think of charting an action plan to exit the maze.

Among the many goals of the novel, one is certainly to bring hope to people who dance to the music in their head or march to the beat of their own drum. And this novel does just that brilliantly and not to mention realistically.
I believe everyone comes to a point in their lives when they need this book. When you lay your hands on it, I strongly recommend you to read it and mull over it. There is much to be learnt and accepted in spite of the simplicity of the presentation.
April 1,2025
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(Book 90 from 1001 books) - Veronika decide morrer = Veronika Decides To Die (On the Seventh Day #2), Paulo Coelho

Veronika Decides to Die, is a novel by Paulo Coelho. It tells the story of 24-year-old Slovenian Veronika, who appears to have everything in life going for her, but who decides to kill herself.

While she waits to die, she cancels the suicide letter she starts to her parents while suddenly provoked by a magazine article.

The magazine article wittily asks "Where is Slovenia?", so she writes a letter to the press justifying her suicide, the idea is to make the press believe that she has killed herself because people don't even know where Slovenia is.

Her plan fails and she wakes up from the coma in Villette, a mental hospital in Slovenia, where she is told she has only a few days to live due to heart condition caused by the overdose.

Her presence there affects all of the mental hospital's patients, especially Zedka, who has clinical depression; Mari, who has panic attacks; and Eduard, who has schizophrenia, and with whom Veronika falls in love.

During her internment in Villette she realizes that she has nothing to lose and can, therefore, do what she wants, say what she wants and be who she wants without having to worry about what others think of her; as a mental patient, she is unlikely to be criticized.

Because of this new-found freedom, Veronika experiences all the things she never allowed herself to experience, including hatred and love. ...

ورونیکا تصمیم می‌گیرد بمیرد - پائولو کوئیلو (کاروان) ادبیات، تاریخ نخستین خوانش: ماه سپتامبر سال 2000میلادی

عنوان: ورونیکا تصمیم می‌گیرد بمیرد؛ نویسنده: پائولو کوئلیو؛ مترجم: آرش حجازی؛ تهران، کاروان، 1378؛ در 236ص؛ مصور، عکس؛ چاپ پنجم سال 1378؛ ششم تا هشتم 1379؛ نهم تا یازدهم 1380؛ دوازده و سیزدهم 1381؛ نوزدهم 1386؛ بیست و دوم 1388؛ موضوع داستانهای نویسندگان برزیل - سده 20م

دختر جوانی بیست و چهار ساله به نام «ورونیکا» و از اهالی «اسلوونیا»، که‌ به‌ برهان‌ آزادی‌ و فراموشی‌ همیشگی‌، به‌ دنبال‌ مرگ‌ رفته، زندگی‌ را باز می‌یابد؛ او نزدیک‌ یک‌ هفته‌، بین‌ زندگی‌ و مرگ‌ سرگردان‌ است، ولی‌ آگاهیش از مرگ،‌ باعث‌ می‌شود، زندگی‌ کند، و کارهایی‌ را انجام‌ دهد، که‌ پیش‌ از آن‌ هرگز نکرده‌ بود؛ «ورونیکا» به‌ آنچه‌ ندارد می‌اندیشد، و زندگی‌ خود را دوباره‌ ارزیابی‌ می‌کند

نقل از متن: (در یازدهم نوامبر 1997میلادی، «ورونیکا» به این نتیجه رسید که بالاخره لحظه خودکشی اش فرا رسیده است! او با دقت تمام اتاقی را که در صومعه ای کرایه کرده بود تمیز کرد، بخاری را خاموش کرد، دندانهایش را مسواک زد، و دراز کشید

چهار بسته قرص خواب آور را از روی میز کنار تخت خوابش برداشت، به جای اینکه آنها را خرد و در آب حل کند، تصمیم گرفت یکی یکی ببلعدشان، زیرا همواره بین تصمیم گیری و اقدام به آن، قدری فاصله وجود دارد، و دلش میخواست آزادی بازگشت از نیمه راه را داشته باشد، ولی با هر قرصی که فرومیداد، بیشتر احساس اطمینان میکرد: پس از پنج دقیقه بسته ها کاملاً خالی شده بود

چون نمیدانست چقدر طول میکشد تا از هوش برود، نسخه آن ماهِ مجله فرانسویِ هوم را روی تختخواب قرار داده بود، این مجله اخیرا به کتابخانه ای رسیده بود که در آنجا کار میکرد، او هیچ علاقه خاصی به علم کامپیوتر نداشت، ولی همین طور که مجله را ورق میزد، به مطلبی در مورد یک بازی کامپیوتری رسید (یکی از آن سی دی ـ رام ها) که اثر نویسنده ای «برزیلی» به نام «پائولو کوئیلو» بود که ضمن یک سخنرانی در کافه ای در هتل «گراند یونیون» او را ملاقات کرده بود؛ آنها چند کلمه ای با هم رد و بدل کرده بودند و در نهایت ناشر «کوئیلو» از او دعوت کرده بود تا برای شام به آنها ملحق گردد؛ ولی در آنجا افراد زیادی حضور داشتند و آنها فرصت چندانی برای گفتگوی جدی در مورد موضوع خاصی به دست نیاورده بودند

ورونیکا از آنجا که «کوئیلو» را ملاقات کرده بود، او را بخشی از دنیای خودش به حساب میآورد و احساس میکرد خواندن مطلبی در مورد کارهای او ممکن است در گذراندن وقت یاری اش دهد، «ورونیکا» در حالیکه در انتظار مرگ به سر میبرد، مطلب مربوط به علم کامپیوتر را مطالعه کرد، او به این موضوع کمترین علاقه ای نداشت، ولی این کاری بود که در تمام زندگی کرده بود: همواره گشتن به دنبال انتخابی راحتتر و در دسترستر مانند همین مجله

با کمال تعجب دریافت که اولین سطر مطلب او را از حالت انفعالی اش بیرون آورده است -قرصهای آرامبخش هنوز در درون معده اش حل نشده بود، ولی «ورونیکا» طبیعتا فردی منفعل بود-، و او برای اولین بار در زندگی اش با این حقیقت که به صورت ضرب المثلی بین دوستانش رایج شده بود، کلنجار رفت: «در این دنیا هیچ چیز تصادفی نیست.»)؛ پایان

تاریخ بهنگام رسانی 21/07/1399هجری خورشیدی؛ 21/06/1400هجری خورشیدی؛ ا. شربیانی
April 1,2025
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“When I took the pills, I wanted to kill someone I hated. I didn’t know that other Veronikas existed inside me, Veronikas that I could love.“
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I really connected to this book. It opened with a very intense subject that I am sadly familiar with: suicide. Despite this, Coelho maintained quite a funny and dry tone throughout.

Veronika is so certain of the rightness of her choice in the beginning, and the body of the novel shows how wrong we can be about something we were deeply convinced of.

I liked the stylistic choice to have chapter intros. I also liked how Coelho had his own moment in the narrative, making it clear that he was writing from firsthand experience. I found the meditation on how vitriol is poisonous to us to be very apt and illuminating.

Veronika’s presence caused novel self reflection in her fellow patients. The proximity to what they believed to be certain death naturally engendered evaluation of their lives. Ultimately, Coelho makes the point that appreciation and awareness of death creates a freedom to fully engage in and appreciate life. That perhaps there isn’t one right way, and trying to fit into any mold causes us deep emotional pain.

Having survived my own near death attempt, I appreciated Coelho’s nod to understanding that you cant ever know all possible futures. Often life surprises us when we give ourselves permission to live honestly one more day, and love for life itself is born out of living honestly and openly.

I always enjoy Coelho’s writing, but especially this one.
April 1,2025
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هي رواية تكشف لك عالم المجانين لتصل في النهاية إلى قناعة بانك مجنون وان المرض الذي تعاني منه هو مقاومة شي حتمي في كل إنسان وهو انك مختلف عن جميع البشر، بان لديك ما يسعدك وما يحزنك وما يشعرك بالحرية او ما يجلب لك التعاسة امور خاصة بك انت وحدك غير انك كفرد في هذا المجتمع تجاري من حولك فتحاول ان تضحك معهم وتحزن معهم رغم اختلافنا الفطري.

وحتى وان اعتزلنا المجتمع سيصبح لنا مجتمعنا الخاص الذي سيكون له تقاليدة وعاداته المجنونة التي يجب بدورنا مجاراتها على حساب عواطفنا ورغباتنا. بطلة هذه الرواية شابة حاولت الإنتحار ولكنها فشلت فوجدت الرغبة في الحياة بعد تجربتها وبعد معرفتها بانها تموت موتاً بطئ.

نصيحة ... إقراء هذه الرواية وانت بعيد عن مشاغل الحياة من عمل وأسرة وغيرها .. وأنت بعيد عن عالمك الروتيني الممل

حتى تدرك بان الجنون نعمة :)
April 1,2025
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που να σκασεις για βερονικα που μεχρι να αποφασισεις αν θα πεθανεις η οχι ειχα σκεφτει δεκα��ες τροπους να αυτοκτονησω για να γλυτωσω απο σενα και απο τη βαρεμαρα μου...καπου εκει η σχεση μου με τον coelho ελαβε τελος...και δεν εφτανε αυτο μονο αποφασισαν να την κανουν και ταινια τη βερονικα...και η μαζοχα εγω εκατσα και την ειδα...
April 1,2025
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İnsanlar bir şeyi kaybetmeden değerinin farkına varamıyorlar. Bu kitap sizlere bu konu hakkında farklı bir pencereden bakma fırsatı sunuyor. Psikolojik kitaplara ilgisi olanlara tavsiye ederim.Farklı hayatlardan kesitleri okurken kendi hayatınızdan da bi şeyler bulup durup şöyle bi düşünmemeniz imkansız. Anlayana güzel mesajlar var.
April 1,2025
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Dünya üzerindeki her intihar etmeyi bir kez bile olsa düşünmüştür. Şahsen ben düşündüm. Hayatımın bir döneminde öyle çok üzülmüş ve acı çekmiştim ki nefes almak artık bana rahatsız verici bir his uyandırıyordu. Ama bu düşünce sadece bir iki saniyelikti benim için. Çünkü anında aklım yaşamaya değer şeylerle doldu. Mesela çok sevdiğim dizinin sonunu göremeden ölemezdim değil mi?
Bu kitap da biraz bununla alakalı. Yaşamın yaşamaya değer olup olmadığı ile. Zaten değdiğinin farkında olan bir insandım fakat kitabı bitirdikten sonra içim yeniden yaşama sevinci ile doldu. Kitabın ismi zaten içeriğini anlatıyor. Veronika ölmek istiyor ve intihar ediyor. Fakat pek de başarılı olamıyor ve gözlerini bir akıl hastanesinde açıyor. Aldığı ilaçlar ona ani bir ölüm getirmemiş olsa da kalbinde kalıcı bir hasar bırakıyor ve Veronika'ya 5-6 gün yaşayabileceğini söylüyor doktorlar. Biz de bu 5-6 günü okuyoruz. Veronika'nın dışında 4 kişiye daha değiniyor hikaye ve onların hayat hikayesini de görüyoruz. Özellikle Veronika'nın onları nasıl etkilediğini. Benim için mükemmel bir kitaptı ve elimde kalem ile okudum hoşuma giden her şeyin altını çizebilmek için. Eğer kendinizi kötü hissediyorsanız, Eğer hayatı yaşamaya değer bulmuyorsanız bence okuyun. Çünkü en derin karanlıkta bile bir ışık bulabilirsiniz.
April 1,2025
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الوعي بالموت يشجعنا على الحياة بكثافة اكثر
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ان الذين يتجرأون في البحث عن المواضيع المحرمة تطلب ان يكونو على قدر كاف من الشجاعة وقدر كبير من عدم الاستيعاب
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*أن الجنون هو العجز عن التعبير عن الافكار
فالأمر أشبه بالتواجد في بلد غريب حيث يمكنك رؤيتة كل ما يحيط بك و فهمه لكنك تعجزين عن التعبير عما تريدين معرفته او عن تلقي مساعدة أحدهم لأنك لا تفهمين اللغة
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الرواية الثانية لباولو كويلو التي اقراها وربما كان خطأي اني قارنتها بالخيميائي
ولكني لاحظت تشابه بين الاثنين...كلاهما له هدف وهدف سام...كلامها يرتقي بالقارئ ويساعده على تخطي صعوبات حياته وهذا ما يعجبني في كاتب مثل باولو كويلو وهذا من وجهة نظري هو الهدف الرئيسي لوجود الادب
لجعلنا نفهم هذه الحياة لجعلنا اناس افضل وارقى واسمى


اعترف اني فكرت كثيرا بتلك الفكرة التي راودت فيرونيكا اعترف انها تشبهني اكثر مما كنت اتخيل اعترف ان الانتحار هو الطريق الاسهل وان السبب دائما كان تلك الحياة اللعينة المتكررة التي لا تنتهي

ذاك البؤس الذي يشبه العفن كلما تخلصت منه يعود من جديد ليأكل روحك من الداخل
قد يهزمنا اليأس احيانا وتشابه النهايات والنتائج وفروغ حياتنا من اي امل او اي سعادة حقيقية فيجعلنا نفكر كما فكرت فيرونيكا (طبعا لا ابرر الانتحار ولا اخفي حرمانيته )

ولكن لماذا كنا حقا نفكر فيه؟ هل نحن مجانين؟
وماهو الجنون؟ وما هو العقل ؟ وكيف يعرف الانسان ان كان مجنونا كما في قصة الملك...وان كان من حوله مجانين فجعله هذا بعقله انه هو المجنون فقط لانه مختلف
ومتى يصير الاختلاف ميزة ومتى يصير جنون حقا.؟
ولماذا لا نموت حين نريد ان نموت؟ ...بل نموت فقط حين نتشبث بالحياة؟
ماهي الاهتمام باشياء تهمنا حقا ام تهم غيرنا فعلينا ان نهتم بها حتى نكون في نظرهم طبيعين
فكرة لوقت والزمان والمكان وفلسفته

افكار كثيرة وحكايات ومشاعر وفلسفة مكتوبة في هذه الرواية ربما بشكل سطحي بعض الشئ او جعلها متوقعة بالنسبة لي ربما لو كنت قرأتها في بداية قراءاتي لكنت انبهرت بها جدا....ربما

لكني حين افكر مثلا (بجنون) عن تناول رواية مثل كافكا لنفس الافكار...فكرة الحياة والموت والاحلام والجنون و و و ادرك طبعا مدى الاختلاف بين الكتابين وانه لا يجوز المقارنة بينهما ...ولكني ادرك ايضا ان طريقة التناول الساحر للفكرة ضروري للاتقان في ايصال الفكرة

الفكرة وصلتني وعجبتني ولكن الرواية كانت مملة ومتوقعة وهذا ماجعلني اعطيها فقط 3 نجوم
ولكني سعيدة بقراءتها


اكون سعيدة حين اقرأ عمل ادبي اشعر انه مفيد للقارئ






April 1,2025
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إن الجنون هو العجز عن التعبير عن أفكارك . فالأمر أشبه بالتواجد في بلد غريب , حيث يمكنك رؤية كل ما يحوطك, و فهمه,لكنك تعجزين عن التعبير عما تريدين معرفته أو عن تلقي مساعدة أحدهم , لأنك لاتفهمين اللغة التي ينطقون بها .

فيرونيكا تقرر أن تموت . رواية تبحث في فلسفة الجنون من خلال قصة فيرونيكا , فتاة في الرابعة و العشرين تقرر الانتحار دون سبب مفهوم وواضح لمن حولها .
تفشل محاولتها و تستيقظ لتجد نفسها في مستشفى للأمراض العقلية , ومع أسبوع واحد فقط لتعيشه قبل أن تموت .

الرواية أسرتني بكل تفاصيلها , فكرة أن توصف بالجنون فقط لأنك مختلف عن من حولك طالما أرقتني , فمن الذي يحدد معايير الجنون و الطبيعي على أية حال ؟
من أكثر ما أعجبني في الكتاب المقاطع التي تصف تجارب المرضى مع أهلهم , وكيف تم وصفهم بالجنون لمجرد أنهم أرادوا عيش حياتهم بالطريقة التي يريدون وليس كما ينبغي لهم أن يعيشو .

و مما أعجبني أيضاً , ربط الموسيقى بالجنون , و كأنها ضمن ذاك البُعد الخفي الذي لا يستطيع أي من كان أن يدخله و يفهم جماله. الموسيقى , جنون أيضاً.


مما أعجبني :

* إن المعيارية الطبيعية مجرد مسألة توافق , أي حين يسلم العديد من الناس بصحة أمر ما , يصبح هذا الأمر صحيحاً حقاً.

*كل من يعيش في عالمه الخاص يكون مجنوناً , كالفصاميين أو المضطربين عقلياً أو المهووسين.أعني الأشخاص المختلفين عن غيرهم.

* الحب أعظم جنون البشر على الإطلاق

هذه ليست قراءتي الأولى لباولو كويلو , ولكنها قراءتي المفضلة بالطبع .
كتاب جميل جداً . أنصح به جداً جداً.

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"The thought of suicide is a great consolation: by means of it one gets successfully through many a bad night.
Nietzsche"


“I need a sign, that things are gonna change. I need a reason to go on. I need some hope. And in the absence of hope, I need to stay in bed and feel like I might die today.
Meredith Grey, Grey’s Anatomy"


"An awareness of death encourages us to live more intensely."

"But humans are all alike, she thought. We have replaced nearly all of our emotions with fear."

This book allows the reader to reevaluate the importance of life and that each day is precious … not to be wasted.

Coelho discusses Conformity, society norms and its danger, Madness/insanity and what they really mean within the chains of society norms, Death and life and how knowing that death is imminent changes your perception of life.



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“Insanity is the inability to communicate your ideas. It's as if you were in a foreign country, able to see and understand everything that's going on around you but incapable of explaining what you need to know or of being helped, because you don't understand the language they speak there. We've all felt that. And all of us, one way or another, are insane.”

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“Each human being is unique, each with their own qualities, instincts, forms of pleasure, and desire for adventure. However, society always imposes on us a collective ways of behaving, and people never stop to wonder why they should behave like that. They just accept it, the way typists accepted the fact that the QWERTY keyboard was the best possible one. Have you ever met anyone is your entire life who asked why the hands of a clock should go in one particular direction and not the other?”

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"She went to work every day, always keeping to the same timetable, always making sure she wasn’t perceived as a threat by her superiors; she was content; she didn’t struggle, and so she didn’t grow"

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“Two of the hardest decisions in life: the patience to wait for the right moment and the courage to accept whatever you encounter.”

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“An intense life needs a touch of madness.”

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" A lot of people go through the same difficulties we went through, and they react completely differently. We looked for the easiest way out: a separate reality."

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“I once saw a woman wearing a low-cut dress; she had a glazed look in her eyes, and she was walking the streets of Ljubljana when it was five degrees below zero. I thought she must be drunk, and I went to help her, but she refused my offer to lend her my jacket. Perhaps in her world it was summer and her body was warmed by the desire of the person waiting for her. Even if that person only existed in her delirium, she had the right to live and die as she wanted, don’t you think?”
Veronika didn’t know what to say, but the madwoman’s words made sense to her. Who knows; perhaps she was the woman who had been seen half-naked walking the streets of Ljubljana?
“I’m going to tell you a story,” said Zedka. “A powerful wizard, who wanted to destroy an entire kingdom, placed a magic potion in the well from which all the inhabitants drank. Whoever drank that water would go mad.
“The following morning, the whole population drank from the well and they all went mad, apart from the king and his family, who had a well set aside for them alone, which the magician had not managed to poison. The king was worried and tried to control the population by issuing a series of edicts governing security and public health. The policemen and the inspectors, however, had also drunk the poisoned water, and they thought the king’s decisions were absurd and resolved to take no notice of them.
“When the inhabitants of the kingdom heard these decrees, they became convinced that the king had gone mad and was now giving nonsensical orders. They marched on the castle and called for his abdication.
“In despair the king prepared to step down from the throne, but the queen stopped him, saying: ‘Let us go and drink from the communal well. Then we will be the same as them.’
“And that was what they did: The king and the queen drank the water of madness and immediately began talking nonsense. Their subjects repented at once; now that the king was displaying such wisdom, why not allow him to continue ruling the country?
“The country continued to live in peace, although its inhabitants behaved very differently from those of its neighbors. And the king was able to govern until the end of his days.”
Veronika laughed.
“You don’t seem crazy at all,” she said.
“But I am, although I’m undergoing treatment since my problem is that I lack a particular chemical. While I hope that the chemical gets rid of my chronic depression, I want to continue being crazy, living my life the way I dream it, and not the way other people want it to be. Do you know what exists out there, beyond the walls of Villete?”
“People who have all drunk from the same well.”
“Exactly,” said Zedka. “They think they’re normal, because they all do the same thing. Well, I’m going to pretend that I have drunk from the same well as them.”


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