“Contrary to what the critics who never understood me said, when I was onstage, I simply forgot about the woman I was and offered everything to God. That is why I was able to undress so easily. At that moment, I was nothing, not even my body, I was just movements communing with the universe.”— Paulo Coelho, amazon.comTagged: God, The Universe, Dancing, Performance
“Everyone flirts with danger, so long as that danger does not really exist.”— Paulo Coelho, amazon.comTagged: danger, manipulation
“But letting a man help a woman leaves him vulnerable. This is the dream of all men, according to the officers' mistresses in Java.”— Paulo Coelho, amazon.comTagged: Men, Weakness, vulnerability
“I fought for our love with all my might, but today it's run out. The stone that weighed on my heart is now a rock that will no longer let it beat. And my heart, with its last breath, told me there are other worlds beyond this one, worlds where I don't have to always beg for the company of a man to f…”— Paulo Coelho, amazon.comTagged: Heartbreak, Pain, Love
“Here I was in paradise, living my own personal hell.”— Paulo Coelho, amazon.comTagged: Pain of Living, Sadness
“Remember this when you feel joy, pain, or sadness. Everything passes. grows old, dies, and is reborn.”— Paulo Coelho, amazon.comTagged: Joy, Pain, Sadness
“I don't know if the future will remember me, but if it does, may it never see me as a victim, but as someone who moved forward with courage, fearlessly paying the price had to pay.”— Paulo Coelho, amazon.comTagged: Time, strength, Fearlessness
“I am a woman who was born at the wrong time and nothing can be done to fix this.”— Paulo Coelho, amazon.comTagged: Time
“Memories always win, and with them comes a demon that is even more terrifying than melancholy: remorse.”— Paulo Coelho, amazon.comTagged: Time, Memories, Remorse, Sad
“I have always been an optimistic woman, but time has left me bitter, alone and sad.”— Paulo Coelho, amazon.comTagged: Time, Bitterness, Sadness
“And one has to understand that braveness is not the absence of fear but rather the strength to keep on going forward despite the fear.”— Paulo Coelho, amazon.comTagged: Braveness, Fear, Moving Forward