They were strange books. They spoke about mercury, salt, dragons, and kings, and he didn't understand any of it. — Paulo Coelho Copy Share Image
You need to change yourself. The moment that you change yourself it is a gigantic step. And this is what I do.… — Paulo Coelho Copy Share Image
He had not a cent in his pocket, but he had faith. He had decided, the night before, that he would be… — Paulo Coelho Copy Share Image
Some books make us dream, others bring us face to face with reality, but what matters most to the author is the… — Paulo Coelho Copy Share Image
My literature is much more the result of a paradox than that of an implacable logic, typical of police novels. The paradox… — Paulo Coelho Copy Share Image
He told himself that he would have to start reading thicker books: they lasted longer, and made more comfortable pillows. — Paulo Coelho Copy Share Image
The book is a film that takes place in the mind of the reader. That's why we go to movies and say,… — Paulo Coelho Copy Share Image
“He knew what I was thinking,” the boy said to himself. The old man, meanwhile, was leafing through the book, without seeming… — Paulo Coelho Copy Share Image
“The most important thing in human relationship is conversation.but people don't talk anymore,they don't sit down to talk and listen.They go to… — Paulo Coelho Copy Share Image
I talk to my readers on social networking sites, but I never tell them what the book is about. Writing is lonely,… — Paulo Coelho Copy Share Image
It took me 40 years to write my first book. When I was a child, I was encouraged to go to school.… — Paulo Coelho Copy Share Image
Despite her apparent freedom, her life consisted of endless hours spent waiting for a miracle, for true love, for an adventure with… — Paulo Coelho Copy Share Image
This is the first teaching of the Knights: You will erase everything you had written in the book of your life up… — Paulo Coelho Copy Share Image
I am not a self-help writer. I am a self-problem writer. When people read my books, I provoke some things. I cannot… — Paulo Coelho Copy Share Image
I don't know if the books are making the world a much better place. I don't write with that objective. What I… — Paulo Coelho Copy Share Image
“Well, then, why do we need all these books?" the boy asked. "So that we can understand those few lines," the Englishman… — Paulo Coelho Copy Share Image
Up until then, whenever anyone had mentioned the possibility of making a film adaptation, my answer had always been, ‘No, I’m not… — Paulo Coelho Copy Share Image
“Be quite sure, the words we will hear on that day will come not from theology, not from the saints, not from… — Paulo Coelho Copy Share Image
People are reading more and writing more because of the internet. So the virtual world is a way for me to listen… — Paulo Coelho Copy Share Image
I think bridges have a special meaning in our life. I think a book is a bridge. Any type of art is… — Paulo Coelho Copy Share Image
Once I found this possibility to use Twitter and Facebook and my blog to connect to my readers, I'm going to use… — Paulo Coelho Copy Share Image
“You should pay more attention to the caravan," the boy said to the Englishman, after the camel driver had left. "We make… — Paulo Coelho Copy Share Image
I have inside me the winds, the deserts, the oceans, the stars, and everything created in the universe. We were all made by the… — Paulo Coelho Copy Share
The world has a soul and whoever understands that soul can also understand the language of many things. — Paulo Coelho Copy Share
You dont choose your life; it chooses you. Theres no point asking why life has reserved certain joys or griefs, you just accept them… — Paulo Coelho Copy Share
To love is to be in communion with the other and to discover in that other the spark of God. — Paulo Coelho Copy Share
It is not enough to dream of the Impossible Love - it is necessary to conquer it too. — Paulo Coelho Copy Share
People are reading more and writing more because of the internet. So the virtual world is a way for me to listen to my… — Paulo Coelho Copy Share
“Joy is like sex – it begins and ends. I want pleasure. I want to be contended, but happiness? I no longer fall into… — Paulo Coelho Copy Share
I've always been a very restless person. I work hard, spend too much time looking after my son, I dance like a mad thing,… — Paulo Coelho Copy Share
The past and the future become unimportant. There is only that moment, and the incredible certainty that everything under the sun has been written… — Paulo Coelho Copy Share
She didn't need to understand the meaning of life; it was enough to find someone who did, and then fall asleep in his arms… — Paulo Coelho Copy Share
