I've met a man and fallen in love with him. I allowed myself to fall in love for one simple reason: I'm not expecting anything to come of it. I know that, in three months' time, I'll be far away and he'll be just a memory, but I couldn't stand living without love any longer; I had reached my limit.
Paulo CoelhoKeeping a smile on your lips even when you're on the verge of tears. Feeling sorry for those who show their feelings.
Paulo CoelhoUsing every means possible to show that, although you're just an ordinary human being, you're far above other mortals.
Paulo CoelhoThe mirror reflects perfectly; it makes no mistakes because it doesn't think. To think is to make mistakes.
Paulo CoelhoIf the whole world is evil, then the tragedy that befell you is justified," she went on. "That would make it easier for you to accept the deaths of your wife and daughters. But if good people do exist, then, however much you deny it, your life will be unbearable; because fate set a trap for you, and you know you didn't deserve it. It isn't the light you want to recover, it's the certainty that there is only darkness.
Paulo Coelho