I lived in a dictatorship in Brazil, and I was arrested three times. I felt in my flesh what it is to live under such a regime and experience deprivation of freedom.
Paulo Coelho
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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 But he was wrong. Because I had fought with my heart and defeated it long ago. I was certainly not g... 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