You are protected. But if you don't take risks, God will retreat and become only a subject of philosophical speculation.
Paulo CoelhoI've noticed that loneliness gets stronger when we try to face it down, but gets weaker when we simply ignore it.
Paulo CoelhoBut love is much like a dam; if you allow a tiny crack to form through which only a trickle of water can pass, that trickle will quickly bring down the whole structure and soon no one will be able to control the force of the current.
Paulo CoelhoI think we are afraid of each other when it comes to sex, because we read so much about sex, we talk so openly about sex, we see movies and we read books; but when we are face to face with someone else, we forget our individual patterns; that we are unique. So we try to repeat other people's patterns, according to what we seen and what we heard. So most of us are very frustrated, because we don't accept our individuality as far as sex is concerned.
Paulo Coelho