When we renounce our dreams, we find peace and enjoy a brief period of tranquillity, but the dead dreams begin to rot inside us and to infect the whole atmosphere in which we live. What we hoped to avoid in the Fight -disappointment and defeat- become the sole legacy of our cowardice.
Paulo CoelhoFrom that day on, it was the desert that would be important. She would look to it everyday, and would try to guess which star the boy was following in search of his treasure. She would have to send her kisses on the wind hoping that the wind would touch the boy's face, and would tell him that she was alive.
Paulo CoelhoDon't listen to the malicious comments of those friends who, never taking any risks themselves, can only see other people's failures.
Paulo CoelhoIโve learned that waiting is the most difficult bit, and I want to get used to the feeling, knowing that youโre with me, even when youโre not by my side.
Paulo Coelho