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Suffering occurs when we want other people to love us in the way we imagine we want to be loved, and not in the way that love should manifest itself--free and untrammeled, guiding us with its force and driving us on.

Paulo Coelho

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