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"If there hadn't been a sixth day, man would not exist; copper would always be copper; and lead just lead. It's true that everything has its Personal Legend, but one day that Personal Legend will be realized. So each thing has to transform itself into something better, and to acquire a new Personal Legend, until, someday, the Soul of the World becomes one thing only."
"He too shares his world with the people he loves."
"Sometimes, certain of God's blessings arrive by shattering all the windows. (Brida)"
"Love is not a habit, a commitment, or a debt. It isn't what romantic songs tell us it is - love simply is."
"But he was wrong. Because I had fought with my heart and defeated it long ago. I was certainly not going to become passionate about something that was impossible. I knew my limits; I knew how much suffering i could bear."
"You came so that you could learn about your dreams," said the old woman. "And dreams are the language of God. When he speaks in our language, I can interpret what he has said. But if he speaks in the language of the soul, it is only you who can understand."
"If I could, I'd write a huge encyclopedia just about the words luck and coincidence"
"Faith as tiny as a grain of sand allows us to move mountains."
"Life is the train and not the station."
"Dreamers can't be tamed."
"In the cycle of nature there is no such thing as victory or defeat; there is only movement."
"We must struggle for our dreams, but when certain paths prove impossible, it would be best to save our energies in order to travel other roads."
"Each human being has been granted a virtue: the capacity to choose. For he who does not use this virtue, it becomes a curse - and others will always choose for him."
"Only someone who can say 'I love you' is capable of saying 'I forgive you."
"One day you will wake up and there wont be any more time to do the things youve always wanted. Do it now. The simple things are also the most extraordinary things, and only the wise can see them."
"of all the weapons of destruction that man could invent, the most terrible-and the most powerful-was the word. Daggers and spears left traces of blood; arrows could be seen at a distance. Poisons were detected in the end and avoided. But the word managed to destroy without leaving clues."
"It took me 40 years to write my first book."
"You should treat a muse like a fairy."
"Of course, to have money is just great because you can do what you think is important to you. I always was a rich person because money's not related to happiness."
"In the first place, you shouldn't believe in promises. The world is full of them: the promises of riches, of eternal salvation, of infinite love. Some people think they can promise anything, others accept whatever seems to guarantee better days ahead, as, I suspect is your case. Those who make promises they don't keep end up powerless and frustrated, and exactly the fate awaits those who believe promises."