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But he was wrong. Because I had fought with my heart and defeated it long ago. I was certainly not going to become passionate about something that was impossible. I knew my limits; I knew how much suffering i could bear.


Paulo Coelho

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PAULO COELHO What interests me in life is curiosity, challenges, the good fight with its victories and defeats.
PAULO COELHO Writing is a solitary experience. I'm extremely superstitious. If I talk about the book or name ...
PAULO COELHO The book is a film that takes place in the mind of the reader. That's why we go to movies and say, "...
PAULO COELHO The srongest love is the love which is not afraid to show the weakness
PAULO COELHO ليست الحرية غياب الالتزامات، إنما القدرة على اختيار ما...
PAULO COELHO Free again, but it's just a feeling; freedom is not the absence of commitments, but the ability to c...
PAULO COELHO No one should ever ask themselves that: why am I unhappy? The question carries within it the virus t...
PAULO COELHO The eyes are the mirror of the soul and reflect everything that seems to be hidden; and like a mirro...
PAULO COELHO Your eyes show the strength of your soul.
PAULO COELHO Everyone seems to have a clear idea of how other people should lead their lives, but none about his ...
PAULO COELHO Defeat is for the valiant. Only they will know the honour of losing and the joy of winning
I a...
PAULO COELHO Love doesn't need to be discussed; it has its own voice and speaks for itself.
PAULO COELHO No, I'm not mistaken. I know you don't love me. But I'm going to fight for your love. There are some...
PAULO COELHO Go and get your things,' he said. 'Dreams mean work.
PAULO COELHO The moment we begin to seek love, love begins to seek us. And to save us.
PAULO COELHO We will only understand the miracle of life fully when we allow the unexpected to happen.
PAULO COELHO All love stories are the same.
PAULO COELHO And I began to feel sorry for myself; for so many years, my drawer full of memories had held the sam...
PAULO COELHO Pitiful is the person who is afraid of taking risks. Perhaps this person will never be disappointed ...
PAULO COELHO That is why I write - to try to turn sadness into longing, solitude into remembrance.
PAULO COELHO Wait. This was the first lesson I had learned about love. The day drags along, you make thousands of...
PAULO COELHO Joy is sometimes a blessing, but it is often a conquest. Our magic moment help us to change and send...
PAULO COELHO It's risky, falling in love."

"I know that," I answered. "I've been in love before. It's ...
PAULO COELHO In fairy tales, the princesses kiss the frogs, and the frogs become princes. In real life, the price...
PAULO COELHO But love is much like a dam; if you allow a tiny crack to form through which only a trickle of water...
PAULO COELHO To love is to lose control.
PAULO COELHO Happiness is something that multiplies when it is divided.
PAULO COELHO God always offers us a second chance in life.
PAULO COELHO Life takes us by surprise and orders us to move toward the unknown -even when we don't want to and w...
PAULO COELHO If I must fall, may it be from a high place.
PAULO COELHO Love like rain, can nourish from above, drenching couples with a soaking joy. But sometimes under th...
PAULO COELHO We can never judge the lives of others, because each person knows only their own pain and renunciati...
PAULO COELHO You have to take risks, he said. We will only understand the miracle of life fully when we allow the...
PAULO COELHO