Paulo Coelho Quotes
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Even if loving meant leaving, or solitude, or sorrow, love was worth every penny of its price.
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The great problem with poisoning by Bitterness was that the passions - hatred, love, despair, enthusiasm, curiosity - also ceased to manifest themselves. After a while, the embittered person felt no desire at all. They lacked the will either to live or to die, that was the problem.
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'If good things are coming, they will be a pleasant surprise,' said the seer. 'If bad things are, and you know in advance, you will suffer greatly before they even occur.'
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I talk to my readers on social networking sites, but I never tell them what the book is about. Writing is lonely, so from time to time I talk to them on the Internet. It's like chatting at a bar without leaving your office. I talk with them about a lot of things other than my books.
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If you rely only on experience, you’ll simply keep applying old solutions to new problems. I know a lot of people who feel they have an identity only when they’re talking about their problems. That way, they exist, because their problems are linked to what they judge to be their history.
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A warrior of the light never confuses tension with anxiety.
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When you find your path, you must not be afraid. You need to have sufficient courage to make mistakes. Disappointment, defeat, and despair are the tools God uses to show us the way.
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I learned something recently: our true friends are those who are with us when the good things happen. They cheer us on and are pleased by our triumphs. False friends only appear at difficult times, with their sad, supportive faces, when, in fact, our suffering is serving to console them for their miserable lives...
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Beauty is the greatest seducer of man.
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I think to myself that this really isn’t something I should concern myself with.
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In my world, everything is possible and everything is relative.
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I love you like a river that creates the right conditions for trees and bushes and flowers to flourish along its banks. I love you like a river that gives water to the thirsty and takes people where they want to go.
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So, in my relationships with men, I’ve always sought suffering, conflict, and despair.
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I don't try to control my days.
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If you come here, you will find a hidden treasure.
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What hurts us is what heals us.
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No one can lie, no one can hide anything, when he looks directly into someone's eyes.
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On 11 November 1997, Veronika decided that the moment to kill herself had - at last! - arrived.
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You feel that nothing you have learned has put down roots, that while you’re capable of entering the magical universe, you cannot remain submerged in it. You feel that all of this may be nothing but a fantasy dreamed up by people to fend off their fear of death.
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Remember your dreams and fight for them. You must know what you want from life. There is just one thing that makes your dream become impossible: the fear of failure.
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Everything is possible, from angels to demons to economists and politicians.
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You are someone who is different, but who wants to be the same as everyone else. And that in my view is a serious illness. God chose you to be different. Why are you disappointing God with this kind of attitude?
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No matter what he does, every person on earth plays a central role in the history of the world. And normally he doesn't know it.
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I can't consciously explain how people feel after reading my books. All is too personal.