What do you want? You can't want to be happy, because that's too easy and too boring. You can't want only to love, because that's impossible. What do you want? You want to justify your life, to live it as intensely as possible. That is at once a trap and a source of ecstasy. Try to be alert to that danger and experience the joy and the adventure of being that woman who is beyond the image reflected in the mirror.
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- If you must say yes, say it with an open heart. If you must say no, say it without fear. β¨ FaceBook post byPaulo Coelho from Apr 22, 2012
- Because we managed to keep our heart open, despite the pain. Because we realized that the person who left us did not take the sun with them or leave darkness in their place.
- Millions of couples out there practiced the art of sadomasochism every day, without even realizing it. They went to work, came back, complained about everything, insulted their wife or were insulted β¦ βΆ
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- Because I don't live in either my past or my future.I'm interested only in the present. β¨ Paulo Coelho (1998). The Alchemist - 10th Anniversary Edition, HarperSanFrancisco
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