Paulo Coelho Quotes
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I can't consciously explain how people feel after reading my books. All is too personal.
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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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There is an afterlife. I am convinced of this.
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I hate to be smart.
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We want to answer this classical question, who am I? So I think that most of our works are for art, or whatever we do, including science or religion, tried to answer that question.
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You have two choices: to control your mind or to let your mind control you.
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Love simply is. That is the testament of Athena or Sherine or Hagia Sofia - love is. No definitions. Love and don't ask too many questions. Just love.
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Pitiful is the person who is afraid of taking risks.
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So, I love you because the entire universe conspired to help me find you.
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Seek to live. Remembrance is for the old.
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Lao-tzu’s words, was: place all your feelings outside of yourself and you will be renewed.
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People are very reluctant to talk about their private lives but then you go to the internet and they're much more open.
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That’s the problem, we do get used to things.
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Every note leaves in each of us a memory, but it is the melody as a whole that tells a story, the story of someone wanting to get closer to another person and who keeps on trying, despite repeated rejections.