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" Everything that happens once can never happen again. But everything that happens twice will surely happen a third time. "
Paulo Coelho
Time
Never
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" People are very reluctant to talk about their private lives but then you go to the internet and they're much more open. "
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" I've done everything I wanted to do, even if I have had to pay a very high price - which has been the case most of the time. "
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" There is an afterlife. I am convinced of this. "
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" I don't set out to write about spirituality; I am free to do something different every time. "
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" When I write a book, I write a book for myself; the reaction is up to the reader. It's not my business whether people like or dislike it. "
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" The more violent the storm, the quicker it passes. "
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" I'm not saying that love always takes you to heaven. Your life can become a nightmare. But that said, it is worth taking the risk. "
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" I don't try to control my days. "
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" I don't go to parties in general. "
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" The major religions, Christianity, Judaism, Islam, they deny somehow that God has a feminine face. However, if you go to the holy texts, you see there is this feminine presence. "
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" I'd have stopped writing years ago if it were for the money. "
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" My literature is much more the result of a paradox than that of an implacable logic, typical of police novels. The paradox is the tension that exists in my soul. "
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" Everything is possible, from angels to demons to economists and politicians. "
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" About the idea of a clash between cultures, between civilisations, I don't believe in it. It's something some political leaders tried to use, and that the media tried and are still trying to sell us, in order to simplify the world and their work. "
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" I am a Catholic. "
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" I hate to be smart. "
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" I can control my destiny, but not my fate. Destiny means there are opportunities to turn right or left, but fate is a one-way street. I believe we all have the choice as to whether we fulfil our destiny, but our fate is sealed. "
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" Love is a trap. When it appears, we see only its light, not its shadows. "
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" Twitter is my bar. I sit at the counter and listen to the conversations, starting others, feeling the atmosphere. "
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" We have to stop and be humble enough to understand that there is something called mystery. "
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" I talk to my readers on social networking sites, but I never tell them what the book is about. Writing is lonely, so from time to time I talk to them on the Internet. It's like chatting at a bar without leaving your office. I talk with them about a lot of things other than my books. "
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" It's not difficult for me to put my feelings into written form. I try to be concise and to go direct to the subject. This is what people like about my work, and what the critics hate. "
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" The gigantic tension before the shooting of an arrow, and the total relaxation seconds later, is my way of connecting to the universe. "
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" Publishers see free downloads as threatening the sales of the book. "
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" I believe enlightenment or revelation comes in daily life. I look for joy, the peace of action. You need action. I'd have stopped writing years ago if it were for the money. "
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" You drown not by falling into a river, but by staying submerged in it. "
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" I am not happy, and the quest for happiness as a principal objective is not part of my world. Of course, ever since I can remember, I have done what I felt like doing. "
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" I never say I am a guru. "
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" Remember your dreams and fight for them. You must know what you want from life. There is just one thing that makes your dream become impossible: the fear of failure. "
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