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" If you start by promising what you don't even have yet, you'll lose your desire to work towards getting it. "
Paulo Coelho
Work
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" We have to stop and be humble enough to understand that there is something called mystery. "
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" What I can say is that all my characters are searching for their souls, because they are my mirrors. I'm someone who is constantly trying to understand my place in the world, and literature is the best way that I found in order to see myself. "
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" Love is a trap. When it appears, we see only its light, not its shadows. "
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" MySpace is an addiction. "
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" Everything is possible, from angels to demons to economists and politicians. "
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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 can't consciously explain how people feel after reading my books. All is too personal. "
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" Things do not always happen the way I would like them to happen, and I had better get used to that. "
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" I don't try to control my days. "
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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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" I'm not a person that socializes very well. "
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" What interests me in life is curiosity, challenges, the good fight with its victories and defeats. "
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" I love almost everything about my work except conferences. I am too shy in front of an audience. But I love signings and having eye contact with a reader who already knows my soul. "
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Love
" I am not a self-help writer. I am a self-problem writer. When people read my books, I provoke some things. I cannot justify my work. I do my work; it is up to them to classify it, to judge. "
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" Be brave. Take risks. Nothing can substitute experience. "
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" My readers - and I get 400 emails for a day, my readers normally they say, well, you understand me, and I answer, you do understand me also. We are in the same level. "
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" I am a Catholic because I choose to be a Catholic. And then I go to the Mass because I choose. It is out of my free will. "
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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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" Tell your heart that the fear of suffering is worse than the suffering itself. And no heart has ever suffered when it goes in search of its dream. "
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" Culture makes people understand each other better. And if they understand each other better in their soul, it is easier to overcome the economic and political barriers. But first they have to understand that their neighbour is, in the end, just like them, with the same problems, the same questions. "
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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 wanted to write when I was young, but people said it was impossible. Then my parents locked me in a mental institution - they said I was crazy and would never make a living from writing. "
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" The wise are wise only because they love. The fool are fools only because they think they can understand love. "
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" Everything that happens once can never happen again. But everything that happens twice will surely happen a third time. "
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" The two worst strategic mistakes to make are acting prematurely and letting an opportunity slip; to avoid this, the warrior treats each situation as if it were unique and never resorts to formulae, recipes or other people's opinions. "
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" I cry very easily. It can be a movie, a phone conversation, a sunset - tears are words waiting to be written. "
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" Sometimes I catch myself stooping, and whenever I am like that, I am sure something is not quite right. "
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