Our contradictions. We are in such a hurry to grow up, and then we long for our lost childhood. We make ourselves ill earning money, and then spend all our money on getting well again. We think so much about the future that we neglect the present, and thus experience neither the present nor the future. We live as if we were never going to die, and die as if we had never lived.
Paulo CoelhoIf you live your life fully, you will die only once. But if you are scared, fear will kill you day after day
Paulo CoelhoA disciple...can never imitate his guide's steps. You have your own way of living your life, of dealing with problems, and of winning. Teaching is only demonstrating that it is possible. Learning is making it possible for yourself.
Paulo CoelhoUp until then, whenever anyone had mentioned the possibility of making a film adaptation, my answer had always been, โNo, Iโm not interested.โ I believe that each reader creates his own film inside his head, gives faces to the characters, constructs every scene, hears the voices, smells the smells. And that is why, whenever a reader goes to see a film based on a novel that he likes, he leaves feeling disappointed, saying: โthe book is so much better than the film.
Paulo Coelho