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I simply believe that a book has a journey to make, and should not be condemned to being stuck on a shelf… Let’s leave our books free to travel, then, to be touched by other hands, and enjoyed by other eyes.

Paulo Coelho

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Paulo Coelho
Age: 77
Born: 1947
Born: August 24
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