The Winner Stands Alone Quotes

“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

“Fashion is merely a saying: I belong to your world. I'm wearing the same uniform as your army, so don't shoot.”
― Paulo Coelho, The Winner Stands Alone

“Fashion may renew itself every six months but one thing remains the same: bouncers always wear black.”
― Paulo Coelho, The Winner Stands Alone

“They know what the “perfumes” are going to say because they
always say the same thing, but they pretend to believe them anyway.

(a)“I could change your life.”
(b)“A lot of women would like to be in your shoes.”
(c)“You’re young now, but what will become of you in a few
years’ time? You need to think about making a longer-term
investment.”
(d)“I’m married, but my wife . . .” (This opening line can have
various endings: “. . . is ill,” “. . . has threatened to commit
suicide if I leave her,” etc.)
(e)“You’re a princess and deserve to be treated like one. I didn’t
know it until now, but I’ve been waiting for you. I don’t believe
in coincidences and I really think we ought to give this relationship a chance.”
― Paulo Coelho, The Winner Stands Alone

“How perverse! just when everything seems to be in order and as families gather round the table to have supper,the phantom of the superclass appears,selling impossible dreams:luxury,beauty,power.And the family falls apart”
― Paulo Coelho

“The celebrity syndrome. When people forget who they are and start to believe what other people say about them. The Superclass, everyone's dream, a world without shadows or darkness, where yes is the only possible answer to any request.”
― Paulo Coelho

“some people believe that “fashion” is everything. Every six months, they spend a fortune changing some tiny detail in order to keep up their membership in the very exclusive tribe of the rich. If they were to visit Silicon Valley, where the billionaires of the IT industry wear plastic watches and beat-up jeans, they would understand that the world has changed”
― Paulo Coelho