"I talk to my readers on social networking sites, but I never tell them what the book is about. Writing is lonely, so from time to time I talk to them on the Internet. It's like chatting at a bar without leaving your office. I talk with them about a lot of things other than my books."
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Paulo Coelho quotes (page 82 of 104)
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"Be realistic: always wish the impossible."
"Courage in the path is what makes the path manifest itself."
"I think bridges have a special meaning in our life. I think a book is a bridge. Any type of art is a bridge that allows different cultures to connect. You may not understand your neighbour's way of seeing life, but you sure understand your neighbour's joy in painting or dancing."
"Dream and don't ask too many questions, or fear will overcome your feelings."
"You are free, but you have to choose. An open oven bakes no bread"
"A warrior takes every opportunity to teach himself."
"However happy people say they are, nobody is satisfied: we always have to be with the prettiest woman, buy a bigger house, change cars, desire what we do not have."
"Only the possibility of carrying out a dream makes our life worth living."
"I am learning the Language of World and everything in the world is beginning to make sense to me"
"We Learn about love by loving."
"I understand that everything is connected, that all roads meet, and that all rivers flow into the same sea."
"We are what we believe ourselves to be"
"Writing means sharing. It's part of the human condition to want to share things - thoughts, ideas, opinions."
"Sak, pain, love are limited human experiences. and only those who know their own frontiers, those knows the life, the rest is just passing time."
"A schizophrenic is a person who already has a natural tendency to absent himself from this world."
"There is a huge difference between danger and fear."
"A warrior of light needs both patience and speed. He treats each situation as if it were unique."
"The search can be as interesting as the fear you feel, as long as you overcome that fear."
"When we have great treasures before us, we can never see them."