22 Times Paulo Coelho Put Into Words The Pain We Couldn't Understand Ourselves

“Waiting is painful. Forgetting is painful. But not knowing which to do is the worst kind of suffering.”

— Paulo Coelho, goodreads.com

“The secret of life, though, is to fall seven times and to get up eight times.”

— Paulo Coelho, amazon.com

“Human beings can withstand a week without water, two weeks without food, many years of homelessness, but not loneliness. It is the worst of all tortures, the worst of all sufferings.”

— Paulo Coelho, amazon.com

“However good we are, however correctly we seek to lead our lives, tragedies do occur. We can blame others, look for justification, imagine how our lives would have been different without them. But none of that matters: they have happened, and that is that. From this point on, it is necessary that we…”

— Paulo Coelho, amazon.com

“My heart might be bruised, but it will recover and become capable of seeing beauty of life once more. It's happened before, it will happen again, I'm sure.”

— Paulo Coelho, amazon.com

“At a certain point in our lives, we lose control of what's happening to us, and our lives become controlled by fate. That's the world's greatest lie.”

— Paulo Coelho, amazon.com

“'But how will I know who my Soulmate is?' Brida felt that this was one of the most important questions she had ever asked in her life. 'By taking risks’ she said to Brida. ‘ By risking failure, disappointment, disillusion, but never ceasing in you search for Love. As long as you keep looking, you wi…”

— Paulo Coelho, amazon.com

“The secret of life, though, is to fall seven times and to get up eight times.”

— Paulo Coelho, amazon.com

“Anyone who has lost something they thought was theirs forever finally comes to realise that nothing really belongs to them.”

— Paulo Coelho, amazon.com

“In the end, the most interesting people always leave.’”

— Paulo Coelho, amazon.com

“It is always important to know when something has reached its end. Closing circles, shutting doors, finishing chapters, it doesn't matter what we call it; what matters is to leave in the past those moments in life that are over.”

— Paulo Coelho, amazon.com

“My heart might be bruised, but it will recover and become capable of seeing beauty of life once more. It's happened before, it will happen again, I'm sure. When someone leaves, it's because someone else is about to arrive--I'll find love again.”

— Paulo Coelho, amazon.com

“Loneliness, when accepted, becomes a gift that will lead us to find a purpose in life.”

— Paulo Coelho, amazon.com

“No matter how you feel today, get up, dress up & show up”

— Paulo Coelho, paulocoelhoblog.com

“Don't allow your mind to tell your heart what to do. The mind gives up easily.”

— Paulo Coelho, amazon.com

“Life always waits for some crisis to occur before revealing itself at its most brilliant.”

— Paulo Coelho, amazon.com

“It's risky, falling in love." "I know that," I answered. "I've been in love before. It's like a narcotic. At first it brings the euphoria of complete surrender. The next day, you want more. You're not addicted yet, but you like the sensation, and you think you can still control things. You think abo…”

— Paulo Coelho, amazon.com

“Love is an untamed force. When we try to control it, it destroys us. When we try to imprison it, it enslaves us. When we try to understand it, it leaves us feeling lost and confused.”

— Paulo Coelho, amazon.com

“My heart is afraid that it will have to suffer.”

— Paulo Coelho, amazon.com

“If there is any possible consolation in the tragedy of losing someone we love very much, it's the necessary hope that perhaps it was for the best.”

— Paulo Coelho, amazon.com

“If you love someone, you must be prepared to set them free.”

— Paulo Coelho, amazon.com

“Many people don't allow themselves to love...because there are a lot of things at risk a lot of future and a lot of past.’”

— Paulo Coelho, amazon.com