"Love is the falcon's flight over your sands" (Coelho 144).
Santiago explains the meaning of love to the desert because the desert claims it has not experienced such emotion. The desert notices that "the falcon nourishes man ... man will nourish [the] sands, where the game will once again flourish (145). The game is similar to survival. The falcon roams across the desert in order to search for necessities, similar to men crossing the desert in search for treasures. Some fail their journeys, which over time causes their bodies to disintegrate into the desert. They become one with the desert, allowing the desert to possess them. Looking at the specific possessive diction with the word "your", love corresponds with possession. Coelho incorporates love and the possessive word "your" together to show that the desert has love. In correspondence, the action of flying across the desert demonstrates Santiago's journey from Spain to the pyramids. His trek causes him to discover new aspects of life that he has never experienced, such as love. Therefore, the desert has always had love. Since Santiago spent most of his journey in the desert, he was going to end up experiencing love sooner or later.
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