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The Zahir

The narrator of The Zahir is a bestselling novelist who lives in Paris and enjoys all the privileges money and celebrity bring. His wife of ten years, Esther, is a war correspondent who has disappeared along with a friend, Mikhail, who may or

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Paulo Coelho (22)

“If you’re asking me if I like your company, the answer is yes. If, on the other hand, you’re asking me if I could live without you, the answer is also yes.”

— Paulo Coelho, amazon.com

Tagged: company, Living

“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

Tagged: Moving On, End, Closure

“When someone leaves, it’s because someone else is about to arrive.”

— Paulo Coelho, amazon.com

Tagged: Positive Thinking, Leaving, Letting Go, Moving On

“That’s the problem, we do get used to things.”

— Paulo Coelho, amazon.com

“I learned something recently: our true friends are those who are with us when the good things happen. They cheer us on and are pleased by our triumphs. False friends only appear at difficult times, with their sad, supportive faces, when, in fact, our suffering is serving to console them for their mi…”

— Paulo Coelho, amazon.com

“Stop being who you were and become who you are.”

— Paulo Coelho, amazon.com

“That is how I would have acted before my accident, but now my personal history had become unimportant. It had stopped being history and was once more becoming a legend, a search, an adventure, a journey into and away from myself. I was once more in a time which the things around me were changing and…”

— Paulo Coelho, amazon.com

“A brush with death always helps us to live our lives better.”

— Paulo Coelho, amazon.com

“In my world, everything is possible and everything is relative.”

— Paulo Coelho, amazon.com

“You want to know if the heart of a man or a woman can contain enough love for more than one person? … I think it's perfectly possible as long as one of those people doesn’t turn into … a Zahir.”

— Paulo Coelho, amazon.com

“Everyone believes that the main aim in life is to follow a plan. They never ask if that plan is theirs or if it was created by another person. They accumulate experiences, memories, things, other people's ideas, and it is more than they can possibly cope with. And that is why they forget their dream…”

— 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

Tagged: Fall Out Of Love, Endings, closed door

“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

Tagged: Don't Go Back, heart, bruised

“Close the door, change the record, clean the house, get rid of the dust. Stop being who you were and become who you are.”

— Paulo Coelho, amazon.com

Tagged: Change, Starting Over, Becoming You

“In the words of a Persian sage: Love is a disease no one wants to get rid of. Those who catch it never try to get better, and those who suffer do not wish to be cured.”

— Paulo Coelho, amazon.com

Tagged: Love, Addiction, Suffering

“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. Slowly, I began to realize that I could not go back and force things to…”

— Paulo Coelho, amazon.com

Tagged: Endings, Beginnings, Starting Over, Reflection, Destiny

“Freedom continues to be the thing I prize most in the world. Of course, this has led me to drink wines I did not like, to do things I should not have done and which I will not do again; it has left scars on my body and on my soul, it has meant hurting certain people, although I have since asked thei…”

— Paulo Coelho, amazon.com

Tagged: Freedom, Exploration, Adventure, Self-Direction, Mistakes

“Freedom is not the absence of commitments, but the ability to choose - and commit myself to - what is best for me.”

— Paulo Coelho, amazon.com

Tagged: Freedom, Commitment, Choice, Empowering, Self-Direction

“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

Tagged: Love, Pain, Loss, Grief, Breakups

“That is why it is so important to let certain things go. To release them. To cut loose. People need to understand that no one is playing with marked cards; sometimes we win and sometimes we lose. Don't expect to get anything back, don't expect recognition for your efforts, don't expect your genius t…”

— Paulo Coelho, amazon.com

Tagged: Letting Go, Change, Starting Over, Consequence, Blame