Love does not ask many questions, because with thinking comes fear. This might be the fear of being scorned, of being rejected, or of breaking the spell. However ridiculous this may seem, that is how it is. This is why one does not ask, one acts.
Paulo CoelhoAt every moment of our lives, we all have one foot in a fairy tale and the other in the abyss.
Paulo CoelhoHowever difficult it may be to accept what happens to us, one must understand that moments such as this give us the possibility for radical change in our behavior.
Paulo CoelhoIt's always easy to blame others. You can spend your entire life blaming the world, but your successes or failures are entirely your own responsibility.
Paulo CoelhoMari remembered what she had read in the young girl's eyes the moment she had come into the refectory: fear. Fear. Veronika might feel insecurity, shyness, shame, constraint, but why fear? That was only justifiable when confronted by a real threat: ferocious animals, armed attackers, earthquakes, but not a group of people gathered together in a refectory. But human beings are like that,' she thought. 'We've replaced nearly all our emotions with fear.
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