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By the River Piedra I Sat Down and Wept: A Novel of Forgiveness

From Paulo Coelho, author of the bestselling The Alchemist, comes a poignant, richly poetic story that reflects the depth of love and life.Rarely does adolescent love reach its full potential, but what happens when two young lovers reun

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“We must never forget that spiritual experience is above all a practical experience of love. And with love, there are no rules”

— Paulo Coelho, amazon.com

Tagged: Spiritual, Experience, Growth, Love, learningg

“If we are alone, we become more alone. Life is strange.”

— Paulo Coelho, amazon.com

Tagged: Alone, Life, Strangeness

“It's risky, falling in love.”

— Paulo Coelho, amazon.com

Tagged: Relationship, Love

“To love is to lose control.”

— Paulo Coelho, amazon.com

Tagged: Dating, Love, Relationships

“Love like rain, can nourish from above, drenching couples with a soaking joy. But sometimes under the angry heat of life, love dries on the surface and must nourish from below, tending to its roots keeping itself alive.”

— Paulo Coelho, amazon.com

Tagged: Dating, Love, Relationships

“In real life, love has to be possible. Even if it is not returned right away, love can only survive when the hope exists that you will be able to win over the person you desire.”

— Paulo Coelho, amazon.com

Tagged: Love, Relationships

“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. If we reject i…”

— Paulo Coelho, amazon.com

Tagged: Love, Relationships

“All love stories are the same.”

— Paulo Coelho, amazon.com

Tagged: Relationships, Stories, Ending

“In fairy tales, the princesses kiss the frogs, and the frogs become princes. In real life, the pricesses kiss princes, and the princes turn into frogs.”

— Paulo Coelho, amazon.com

Tagged: Love Story, Prince, Happily Ever After

“But love is much like a dam; if you allow a tiny crack to form through which only a trickle of water can pass, that trickle will quickly bring down the whole structure and soon no one will be able to control the force of the current.”

— Paulo Coelho, amazon.com

Tagged: Love, Dam, Control

“To love is to lose control.”

— Paulo Coelho, amazon.com

Tagged: Love, Relationship, Life

“Love like rain, can nourish from above, drenching couples with a soaking joy. But sometimes under the angry heat of life, love dries on the surface and must nourish from below, tending to its roots keeping itself alive.”

— Paulo Coelho, amazon.com

Tagged: Love, Relationships, Life, Loving

“In real life, love has to be possible. Even if it is not returned right away, love can only survive when the hope exists that you will be able to win over the person you desire.”

— Paulo Coelho, amazon.com

Tagged: Love, Heartbreak, Moving On

“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

Tagged: Love, Heartbreak, Letting Go

“I can read your eyes. I can read your heart. You are going to fall in love. And suffer.”

— Paulo Coelho, amazon.com

Tagged: Love, Suffering, Falling In Love, Paulo Coelho