All my life, I thought of love as some kind of voluntary enslavement. Well, that's a lie: freedom only exists when love is present. The person who gives him or herself wholly, the person who feels freest, is the person who loves most wholeheartedly.
Paulo CoelhoI don't see any reason why I should look for someone who never took the trouble to love me.
Paulo CoelhoSometimes, you get no second chance and that its best to accept the gifts the world offers you.
Paulo CoelhoPeople say strange things, the boy thought. Sometimes it's better to be with the sheep, who don't say anything. And better still to be alone with one's books. They tell their incredible stories at the time when you want to hear them. But when you're talking to people, they say some things that are so strange that you don't know how to continue the conversation.
Paulo Coelho