and dreaming is very pleasant as long as you are not forced to put your dreams into practice. That way, we avoid all the risks, frustrations and difficulties, and when we are old, we can always blame other people-preferably our parents, our spouses or our children-for our failure to realize our dreams.


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PAULO COELHO
People want to change everything and, at the same time, want it all to remain the same.
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Anyone who loves in the expectation of being loved in return is wasting their time.
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Because you believed I was capable of behaving decently, I did.
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When I had nothing to lose, I had everything. When I stopped being who I am, I found myself.
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Really important meetings are planned by the souls long before the bodies see each other.

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The rain is falling ever harder and all I can hear is the sound of the water. I'm drenched but I can...
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Don’t bother trying to explain your emotions. Live everything as intensely as you can and keep wha...
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I write from my soul. This is the reason that critics don't hurt me, because it is me. If it was...
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The world has a soul and whoever understands that soul can also understand the language of many thin...
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When you were in love, you were capable of learning everything and of knowing things you had never d...
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I know you don't love me. But I'm going to fight for your love. There are some things in life that a...
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What interests me in life is curiosity, challenges, the good fight with its victories and defeats.
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Writing is a solitary experience. I'm extremely superstitious. If I talk about the book or name ...
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The book is a film that takes place in the mind of the reader. That's why we go to movies and say, "...
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The srongest love is the love which is not afraid to show the weakness
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ليست الحرية غياب الالتزامات، إنما القدرة على اختيار ما...
PAULO COELHO
Free again, but it's just a feeling; freedom is not the absence of commitments, but the ability to c...
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No one should ever ask themselves that: why am I unhappy? The question carries within it the virus t...
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The eyes are the mirror of the soul and reflect everything that seems to be hidden; and like a mirro...
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Your eyes show the strength of your soul.
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Everyone seems to have a clear idea of how other people should lead their lives, but none about his ...
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Defeat is for the valiant. Only they will know the honour of losing and the joy of winning
I a...
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Love doesn't need to be discussed; it has its own voice and speaks for itself.
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No, I'm not mistaken. I know you don't love me. But I'm going to fight for your love. There are some...
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Go and get your things,' he said. 'Dreams mean work.
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The moment we begin to seek love, love begins to seek us. And to save us.
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We will only understand the miracle of life fully when we allow the unexpected to happen.
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All love stories are the same.
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And I began to feel sorry for myself; for so many years, my drawer full of memories had held the sam...
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But he was wrong. Because I had fought with my heart and defeated it long ago. I was certainly not g...
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Pitiful is the person who is afraid of taking risks. Perhaps this person will never be disappointed ...
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That is why I write - to try to turn sadness into longing, solitude into remembrance.
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Wait. This was the first lesson I had learned about love. The day drags along, you make thousands of...
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Joy is sometimes a blessing, but it is often a conquest. Our magic moment help us to change and send...
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It's risky, falling in love."

"I know that," I answered. "I've been in love before. It's ...
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In fairy tales, the princesses kiss the frogs, and the frogs become princes. In real life, the price...
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But love is much like a dam; if you allow a tiny crack to form through which only a trickle of water...
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To love is to lose control.
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Happiness is something that multiplies when it is divided.
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God always offers us a second chance in life.
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Life takes us by surprise and orders us to move toward the unknown -even when we don't want to and w...
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If I must fall, may it be from a high place.
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Love like rain, can nourish from above, drenching couples with a soaking joy. But sometimes under th...
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We can never judge the lives of others, because each person knows only their own pain and renunciati...
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