"Life is short. Kiss slowly, laugh insanely, love truly and forgive quickly"
"But love is always new. Regardless of whether we love once, twice, or a dozen times in our life, we always face a brand-new situation. Love can consign us to hell or to paradise, but it always takes us somewhere. We simply have to accept it, because it is what nourishes our existence. We have to take love where we find it, even if that means hours, days, weeks of disappointment and sadness."
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Source: Paulo Coelho (2011). “Like the Flowing River: Thoughts and Reflections”, p.18, HarperCollins UK
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