“When we meet someone and fall in love, we have a sense that the whole universe is on our side. And yet if something goes wrong, there is nothing left! How is it possible for the beauty that was there only minutes before to vanish so quickly? Life moves very fast. It rushes from heaven to hell in a m…”— Paulo Coelho, amazon.comTagged: Love, Life, lost
“Anyone who has lost something they thought was theirs forever finally comes to realize that nothing really belongs to them.”— Paulo Coelho, amazon.comTagged: Impermanence, Loss, posessions, transience
“If I must be faithful to someone or something, I have, first of all, have to be faithful to myself.”— Paulo Coelho, goodreads.comTagged: Faithful, Love
“My aim is to understand love. I know how alive I felt when I was in love, and I know that everything I have now, however interesting it might seem, doesn't really excited me. But love is a terrible thing: I've seen my girlfriends suffer and I don't want the same thing to happen to me. … Although my…”— Paulo Coelho, amazon.com
“Anyone who is in love is making love the whole time, even when they're not. When two bodies meet, it is just the cup overflowing. They can stay together for hours, even days. They begin the dance one day and finish it the next, or — such is the pleasure they experience — they may never finish it. No…”— Paulo Coelho, amazon.com
“Anyone who is in love is making love the whole time, even when they're not. When two bodies meet, it is just the cup overflowing. They can stay together for hours, even days. They begin the dance one day and finish it the next, or -- such is the pleasure they experience -- they may never finish it.…”— Paulo Coelho, amazon.comTagged: Sex, Love, Making Love
“Everything tells me that I am about to make a wrong decision, but making mistakes is just part of life. What does the world want of me? Does it want me to take no risks, to go back to where I came from because I didn't have the courage to say "yes" to life?”— Paulo Coelho, amazon.comTagged: Mistakes, Lessons, Life
“Before she could do anything, he had placed a leather gag on her mouth. It didn’t stop her speaking, she could still say ‘yellow’ or ‘red’, but she felt now that it was her destiny to allow this man to do whatever he wished with her, and there was no way she could escape now. She was naked, gagged a…”— Paulo Cuelho, amazon.comTagged: Sex, domination, erotica
“Life always waits for some crisis to occur before revealing itself at its most brilliant.”— Paulo Coelho, amazon.comTagged: Love, Breakups, Heartbreak, strength, Relationships
“Anyone who is in love is making love the whole time, even when they're not. When two bodies meet, it is just the cup overflowing. They can stay together for hours, even days.”— Paulo Coelho, amazon.comTagged: Sex, Dating, Love
“I've realised that sometimes you get no second chance and that it's best to accept the gifts the world offers you.”— Paulo Coelho, amazon.comTagged: Second Chances, Change, Acceptance, Accepting Change, Gratitude
“I need to write about love. I need to think and think and write about love-otherwise, my soul won’t survive.”— Paulo Coelho, amazon.comTagged: Love, Writing
“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.comTagged: Loneliness, Love, Belonging, Being Alone, Pain
“Don't listen to the malicious comments of those friends who, never taking any risks themselves, can only see other people's failures.”— Paulo Coelho, amazon.comTagged: Taking Risks, Failure, Advice, Judging Others, Self-Direction
“Life always waits for some crisis to occur before revealing itself at its most brilliant.”— Paulo Coelho, amazon.comTagged: Life, Hope, Crisis, Crises, Change
“I can choose either to be a victim of the world or an adventurer in search of treasure. It's all a question of how I view my life.”— Paulo Coelho, amazon.comTagged: Perspective, Adventure, Life, Choices, Optimism
“When I had nothing to lose, I had everything. When I stopped being who I am, I found myself.”— Paulo Coelho, amazon.comTagged: Loss, Identity, Being Lost, Finding Yourself, Finding Your Way