She had just realized there were two things that prevent us from achieving our dreams: believing them to be impossible or seeing those dreams made po… - Paulo Coelho

A week ago, our commanders held a meeting. The French soldiers are infinitely superior and far better equipped than ours. We were given a choice: to abandon the city or fight to the death, because we will certainly be defeated. Most of us decided to stay. The Muslims are, at this moment, gathered at the Al-Aqsa mosque, the Jews chose to assemble their soldiers in Mihrab Dawud, and the Christians... were charged with defending the southern part of the city... Judging from the enemy’s movements, we assume that they will attack tomorrow morning, spilling our blood in the name of the Pope, the ‘liberation’ of the city and the ‘divine will’.

Don’t let yourself be destroyed by a force that was placed in our hearts in order to make everything better.

Life is a dream from which we wake only when we meet death.