Because of that she had never had enough energy to be herself, a person who, like everyone else in the world, needed other people in order to be happy. But other people were so difficult. They reacted in unpredictable ways, they surrounded themselves with defensive walls, they behaved just as she did, pretending they didn't care about anything. When someone more open to life appeared, they either rejected them outright or made them suffer, consigning them to being inferior, ingenuous.
Paulo CoelhoEvery Warrior of the Light has, at least once, believed he was not a Warrior of the Light.
Paulo CoelhoThe end of one stage is only the beginning of another. Any dangers overcome are the necessary preparation to do better in the next stage.
Paulo Coelho