Quotes From "The Witch Of Portobello" By Paulo Coelho

After all, what is happiness? Love, they tell me. But love doesn't bring and never has brought happiness. On the contrary, it's a constant state of anxiety, a battlefield; it's sleepless nights, asking ourselves all the time if we're doing the right thing. Real love is composed of ecstasy and agony. Paulo Coelho

We can see the Divine in each speck of dust, but that doesn't stop us from wiping it away with a wet sponge. The Divine doesn't disappear; it's transformed into the clean surface. Paulo Coelho

I needed to choose between the one thing that really filled m thoughts-my love for that woman-and losing my freedom and all the choices that the future promised me. To be honest, the decision was easy.- Lukas Jessen-Petersen Paulo Coelho

We're living in an age in which everything is allowed, and democracy is being devoured and destroyed by that limitless freedom. Paulo Coelho

Athena always lived between two worlds: what she felt was true and what she as been taught by her faith. Paulo Coelho

When we venture in that unfamiliar sea, we trust blindly in those who guide us, believing that they know more than we do. Paulo Coelho

I've noticed that loneliness gets stronger when we try to face it down, but gets weaker when we simply ignore it. Paulo Coelho

Because all my life I've learned to suffer in silence - Athena Paulo Coelho

I saw that she didn't want to answer that question and so I asked again: when mouths close it's because there's something important to be said. Paulo Coelho

Now she knew where to find me, if it was written that we would meet again, we would. The important thing is to allow fate to intervene in our lives and to decide what is best for everyone. Paulo Coelho

If theater is ritual, then dance is too... It's as if the threads connecting us to the rest of the world were washed clean of preconceptions and fears. When you dance, you can enjoy the luxury of being you. Paulo Coelho

...the best way to know who we are is often to find out how others see us. This doesn't mean that we should do what others expect us to do, but it helps us to understand ourselves better. Paulo Coelho

Reason lost the battle, and all I could do was surrender and accept I was in love. Paulo Coelho

When we're interested in something, everything around us appears to refer to it (the mystics call these phenomena 'signs', the sceptics 'coincidence', and psychologists 'concentrated focus', although I've yet to find out what term historians would use). Paulo Coelho

All we have to do is understand that we're all here for a reason and to commit ourselves to that. Then we can laugh at our sufferings, large and small and walk fearlessly, aware that each step has meaning Paulo Coelho