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“There is a legend that everything that falls into the waters of this river -- leaves, insects, the feathers of birds -- is transformed into the rocks that make the riverbed. If only I could tear out my heart and hurl it into the current, then my pain and longing would be over, and I could finally forget.”
Paulo Coelho“God hides the fires of hell within paradise.”
Paulo Coelho, By the River Piedra I Sat Down and Wept“At some point, we have each said through our tears, "I'm suffering for a love that's not worth it." We suffer because we feel we are giving more than we receive. We suffer because we feel we are giving more than we receive. We suffer because our love is going unrecognized. We suffer because we are unable to impose our own rules.But ultimately there is no good reason for our suffering, for in every love lies the seed of our growth.”
Paulo Coelho, By the River Piedra I Sat Down and Wept“Those who try to kill the body violate God's law. Those who try to kill the soul also violate God's law, even though their crime is less visible to others."By the River Piedra I Sat Down and Wept”
Paulo Coelho“This was the kiss I had waited for so long - a kiss born by the river of our childhood, when we didn't yet know what love meant. A kiss that had been suspended in the air as we grew, that had traveled in the world in the souvenir of a medal, and that had remained hidden behind piles of books. A kiss that had been lost and now was found. In the moment of that kiss were years of searching, disillusionment and impossible dreams.”
Paulo Coelho, By the River Piedra I Sat Down and Wept“But it’s better to lose some of the battles in the struggle for your dreams than to be defeated without ever even knowing what you’re fighting for”
Paulo Coelho, By the River Piedra I Sat Down and Wept“Break the glass, please, and free us from all these damned rules, from needing to find an explanation for everything, from doing only what others approve of.”
Paulo Coelho, By the River Piedra I Sat Down and Wept“These are people who accept the fire of the Holy Spirit,' he said, 'the fire that is left behind but that is used by so few people to light their candles.”
Paulo Coelho, By the River Piedra I Sat Down and Wept“Love never comes just a little bit at a time, I thought, as I watched him, absorbed in contemplation of the Virgin. The previous day, the world made sense, even without love's presence. But now we needed each other in order to see the true brilliance of things.”
Paulo Coelho, By the River Piedra I Sat Down and Wept“Love can only be found through the act of loving.”
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