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Paulo CoelhoWe must play music quietly, talk quietly, weep in private, because I am the all-powerful Zahir, who lays down the rules and determines the distance between railway tracks, the meaning of success, the best way to love, the importance of rewards.
Paulo CoelhoBut human beings are like that, she thought. We've replaced nearly all our emotions with fear.
Paulo CoelhoYou could cry, get worried or angry like any other normal human being, as long as you remembered that, up above, your spirit was laughing out loud at all those thorny situations.
Paulo Coelho