Love is a trap. When it appears, we see only its light, not its shadows.
PAULO COELHOLove is a trap. When it appears, we see only its light, not its shadows.
PAULO COELHOSometimes, we are so attached to our way of life that we turn down wonderful opportunities simply because we don’t know what to do with it.
PAULO COELHOAnyone who has lost something they thought was theirs forever finally comes to realise that nothing really belongs to them.
PAULO COELHONo matter what he does, every person on earth plays a central role in the history of the world. And normally he doesn’t know it.
PAULO COELHOCertain things in life simply have to be experienced -and never explained. Love is such a thing.
PAULO COELHOA child can teach an adult three things: to be happy for no reason, to always be busy with something, and to know how to demand with all his might that which he desires
PAULO COELHOIf someone isn’t what others want them to be, the others become angry. Everyone seems to have a clear idea of how other people should lead their lives, but none about his or her own.
PAULO COELHOStay mad, but behave like normal people. Run the risk of being different, but learn to do so without attracting attention.
PAULO COELHOWhen someone leaves, it’s because someone else is about to arrive.
PAULO COELHOI’ve learned that waiting is the most difficult bit, and I want to get used to the feeling, knowing that you’re with me, even when you’re not by my side.
PAULO COELHOThe secret of life, though, is to fall seven times and to get up eight times.
PAULO COELHOWhen we love, we always strive to become better than we are. When we strive to become better than we are, everything around us becomes better too.
PAULO COELHOLife is too short, or too long, for me to allow myself the luxury of living it so badly.
PAULO COELHOMy heart might be bruised, but it will recover and become capable of seeing beauty of life once more.
PAULO COELHOWe have to take love where we find it, even if that means hours, days, weeks of disappointment and sadness.
PAULO COELHOLove is always new. Regardless of whether we love once, twice, or a dozen times in our life.
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