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“If a man we don't know phones us up one day and talks a little, makes no suggestions, says nothing special, but nevertheless pays us the kind of attention we rarely receive, we're quite capable of going to bed with him that night, feeling relatively in love. That's what we women are like, and there's nothing wrong with that - it's the nature of the female to open herself to love easily.”
― Paolo Coelho

“No one owns anything. Anyone who has lost something they thought was theirs forever finally comes to realize that nothing really belongs to them. And if nothing belongs to me, then there's no point wasting my time looking after things that aren't mine.”
― Paulo Coelho, Eleven Minutes

“Then I thought, boy, isn't that just typical? You wait and wait and wait for something, and then when it happens, you feel sad.”
― Sharon Creech, Absolutely Normal Chaos

“Whenever someone dies, a part of the universe dies too. Everything a person felt, experience and saw dies with them, like tears in the rain.”
― Paulo Coelho, The Winner Stands Alone

“And, when you want something, all the universe conspires in helping you to achieve it.”
― Paulo Coelho, The Alchemist

“I don't regret the painful times; I bare my scars as if they were medals.”
― Paolo Coelho

“When someone leaves, it's because someone else is about to arrive.”
― Paulo Coelho, The Zahir

“Don't explain. Your friends do not need it, and your enemies will not believe you”
― 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, "Oh, the book is better.”
― Paulo Coelho

“A child can teach an adult three things: to be happy for no reason, to always be busy with something, and to know how to demand with all his might that which he desires.”
― Paulo Coelho

“Sometimes the best of gods gift's arrive by the shattering of all the window panes.”
― Paulo Coelho, Brida

“Things pass, and the best we can do is to let them really go away. Getting rid of certain memories also means making some room for other memories to take their place.”
― Paulo Coelho

“They say that extroverts are unhappier than introverts and have to compensate for this by constantly proving to themselves how happy and contented and at ease with life they are.”
― Paulo Coelho, The Witch of Portobello

“We pretend to be strong because we are weak.”
― Paulo Coelho

“The mirror reflects perfectly; it makes no mistakes because it doesn't think. To think is to make mistakes.”
― Paulo Coelho, The Winner Stands Alone

“Talent is a universal gift, but it takes a lot of courage to use it. Don't be afraid to be the best.”
― Paulo Coelho, The Winner Stands Alone

“behind the mask of ice that people wear, there beats a heart of fire.”
― Paulo Coelho, Warrior of the Light

“In fairy tales, the princesses kiss the frogs, and the frogs become princes. In real life, the pricesses kiss princes, and the princes turn into frogs.”
― Paulo Coelho, By the River Piedra I Sat Down and Wept

“No matter how you feel today, get up, dress up & show up”
― Paulo Coelho

“The real lover is the man who can thrill you by kissing your forehead or smiling into your eyes or just staring into space.”
― Marilyn Monroe

“After all, what is happiness? Love, they tell me. But love doesn't bring and never has brought happiness. On the contrary, it's a constant state of anxiety, a battlefield; it's sleepless nights, asking ourselves all the time if we're doing the right thing. Real love is composed of ecstasy and agony.”
― Paulo Coelho, The Witch of Portobello

“No one places her dreams in the hands of those who might destroy them.”
― Paulo Coelho, The Witch of Portobello

“I am two women: one wants to have all the joy, passion and adventure that life can give me. The other wants to be a slave to routine, to family life, to the things that can be planned and achieved. I'm a housewife and a prostitute, both of us living in the same body and doing battle with each other.”
― Paulo Coelho, Eleven Minutes

“There is always a gap between intention and action..”
― Paulo Coelho

“I don't regret my painful times, i bare my scars as if they were medals. I know that freedom has a high price, as high as that of slavery; the only difference is that you pay with pleasure and a smile, even when that that smile dimmed by tears”
― Paulo Coelho

“Stay mad, but behave like normal people. Run the risk of being different, but learn to do so without attracting attention.”
― Paulo Coelho

“There is a shade of red for every woman.”
― Audrey Hepburn

“She was a girl who knew how to be happy even when she was sad. And that’s important—you know ”
― Marilyn Monroe

“And, in the end
The love you take
is equal to the love you make.”
― Paul McCartney, The Beatles Illustrated Lyrics

“God cannot take sides; for He is in all of us. We are all a part of Him, and when we try to destroy Him, we destroy ourselves.”
― Sidney Sheldon, The Sands of Time