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if a book isn't self-explanatory, then it isn't worth reading.

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Paulo Coelho
Age: 77
Born: 1947
Born: August 24
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The desert is a capricious lady, and sometimes she drives men crazy.
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We must at all costs avoid saying no because people prefer those who say yes, and this allows us to survive in hostile territory.
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That's how love got lost ... when we started laying down rules for when love should or shouldn't appear.
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I need to write about love. I need to think and think and write about love-otherwise, my soul won’t survive.
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When you repeat a mistake, it is not a mistake anymore: it is a decision.
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We are not worshipping anyone or anything, we are simply communing with creation.
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it is only courage on the path itself that makes the path appear
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My smile is my way of saying: You can destroy my body, but not my soul.
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Why are we smiling when we loathe each other?’ ‘Why do we sell happiness to the readers of this magazine when we are profoundly unhappy ourselves, the slaves of fame?
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Whenever we need to make a very important decision it is best to trust our instincts, because reason usually tries to remove us from our dream, saying that the time is not yet right. Reason is afraid of defeat, but intuition enjoys life and its challenges.
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Sometimes, you get no second chance and that its best to accept the gifts the world offers you.
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Whenever he saw the sea, or a fire, he fell silent, impressed by their elemental force.
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Believing absolutely everything that appears in print.
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Love is what dreams are made of!
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He uses common sense to judge not the intentions of an action but its consequences.
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There are moments in life when we need to trust blindly in intuition
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On your journey to your dream, be ready to face oasis and deserts. In both cases, don't stop
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We must be amusing at all times and sneer at those who express their real feelings it's dangerous for a tribe to allow its members to show their feelings.
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But human beings are like that, she thought. We've replaced nearly all our emotions with fear.
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I don't know if the books are making the world a much better place. I don't write with that objective. What I know is that I see my readers creating a critical mass so we can at least understand this world in a different way.
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