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" Love can consign us to hell or to paradise, but it always takes us somewhere. "
Paulo Coelho
Always
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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 have seen many storms in my life. Most storms have caught me by surprise, so I had to learn very quickly to look further and understand that I am not capable of controlling the weather, to exercise the art of patience and to respect the fury of nature. "
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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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" Happiness is just another of the tricks that our genetic system plays on us to carry out its only role, which is the survival of the species. "
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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 was not encouraged to follow the career of a writer because my parents thought that I was going to starve to death. They thought nobody can make a living from being a writer in Brazil. They were not wrong. "
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" All women have a perception much more developed than men. So all women somehow, being repressed for so many millennia, they ended up by developing this sixth sense and contemplation and love. And this is something that we have a hard time to accept as part of our society. "
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" You have to take risks. We will only understand the miracle of life fully when we allow the unexpected to happen. "
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" Publishing is in a kind of Jurassic age. "
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" When you write an article about anything, trolls use the comments to attack. They feel frustrated - but haters are losers. It's not good to feed this aspect. It's more intelligent to be constructive. "
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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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" 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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" Twitter is my bar. I sit at the counter and listen to the conversations, starting others, feeling the atmosphere. "
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" You should treat a muse like a fairy. "
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" I can't consciously explain how people feel after reading my books. All is too personal. "
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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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" We want to answer this classical question, who am I? So I think that most of our works are for art, or whatever we do, including science or religion, tried to answer that question. "
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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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" Every day I try to be in communication with the universe in an unconscious way. "
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" Be brave. Take risks. Nothing can substitute experience. "
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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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" 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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