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No one loses anyone, because no one owns anyone. That is the true experience of freedom: having the most important thing in the world without owning it.
Paulo Coelho
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The Alchemist
NOVEL
Everyone seems to have a clear idea of how other people should lead their lives, but none about his or her own.
Paulo Coelho
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The Alchemist
NOVEL
One is loved because one is loved. No reason is needed for loving.
Paulo Coelho
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The Alchemist
NOVEL
When we love, we always strive to become better than we are. When we strive to become better than we are, everything around us becomes better too.
Paulo Coelho
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The Alchemist
NOVEL
There is only one thing that makes a dream impossible to achieve: the fear of failure
Paulo Coelho
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The Alchemist
NOVEL
Don’t give in to your fears. If you do, you won’t be able to talk to your heart
Paulo Coelho
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The Alchemist
NOVEL
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.
Paulo Coelho
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The Alchemist
NOVEL
And, when you want something, all the universe conspires in helping you to achieve it.
Paulo Coelho
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The Alchemist
NOVEL
It is not time that changes man nor knowledge; the only thing that can change someone’s mind is love.
Paulo Coelho
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Eleven Minutes
NOVEL
Love is not to be found in someone else but in ourselves; we simply awaken it. But in order to do that, we need the other person.
Paulo Coelho
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Eleven Minutes
NOVEL
Really important meetings are planned by the souls long before the bodies see each other. Generally speaking, these meetings occur when we reach a limit, when we need to die and be reborn emotionally. These meetings are waiting for us, but more often than not, we avoid them happening. If we are desperate, though, if we have nothing to lose, or if we are full of enthusiasm for life, then the unknown reveals itself, and our universe changes direction.
Paulo Coelho
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Eleven Minutes
NOVEL
Everything tells me that I am about to make a wrong decision, but making mistakes is just part of life. What does the world want of me? Does it want me to take no risks, to go back to where I came from because I didn’t have the courage to say “yes” to life?”
Paulo Coelho
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Eleven Minutes
NOVEL
When I had nothing to lose, I had everything.
Paulo Coelho
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Eleven Minutes
NOVEL
I am going to sit here with you by the river. If you go home to sleep, I will sleep in front of your house. And if you go away, I will follow you — until you tell me to go away. Then I'll leave. But I have to love you for the rest of my life.
Paulo Coelho
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By The River Piedra I Sat Down and Wept
NOVEL
Even if loving meant leaving, or solitude, or sorrow, love was worth every penny of its price.
Paulo Coelho
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By The River Piedra I Sat Down and Wept
NOVEL
Waiting is painful. Forgetting is painful. But not knowing which to do is the worst kind of suffering.
Paulo Coelho
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By The River Piedra I Sat Down and Wept
NOVEL
If pain must come, may it come quickly. Because I have a life to live, and I need to live it in the best way possible. If he has to make a choice, may he make it now. Then I will either wait for him or forget him.
Paulo Coelho
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By The River Piedra I Sat Down and Wept
NOVEL
The moment we begin to seek love, love begins to seek us.
Paulo Coelho
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By The River Piedra I Sat Down and Wept
NOVEL
Life takes us by surprise and orders us to move toward the unknown — even when we don't want to and when we think we don't need to.
Paulo Coelho
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By The River Piedra I Sat Down and Wept
NOVEL
There's nothing deeper than love. In fairy tales, the princesses kiss the frogs, and the frogs become princes. In real life, the princesses kiss princes, and the princes turn into frogs.
Paulo Coelho
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By The River Piedra I Sat Down and Wept
NOVEL