--- title: "7 Pretending Quotes By Paulo Coelho" description: "7 Pretending quotes by Paulo Coelho. Plus more from Paulo Coelho and more Pretending sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/84b/paulo-coelho-10_care_because-of-that-she-had-never-had-enough_156692.jpg" --- > [Because of that she had never had enough energy to be herself, a person who, like everyone else in the world, needed…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paulo-coelho/because-of-that-she-had-never-had-enough-energy-to-be-herself-a/) [Paulo Coelho](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paulo-coelho/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/84b/paulo-coelho-10_care_because-of-that-she-had-never-had-enough_156692.jpg) > [Standing facing the door in an elevator and pretending you're the only person there, no matter how crowded it is.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paulo-coelho/standing-facing-the-door-in-an-elevator-and-pretending-you-re-the/) [Paulo Coelho](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paulo-coelho/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f17/paulo-coelho-10_crowded_standing-facing-the-door-in-an-elevator_159075.jpg) > [I think the big danger of madness is not madness itself, but the habit of madness. What I discovered during the time…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paulo-coelho/i-think-the-big-danger-of-madness-is-not-madness-itself-but-the-habit/) [Paulo Coelho](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paulo-coelho/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/400/paulo-coelho-10_asylums_i-think-the-big-danger-of-madness-is-not_393037.jpg) > [I write from my soul. This is the reason that critics don't hurt me, because it is me.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paulo-coelho/i-write-from-my-soul-this-is-the-reason-that-critics-don-t-hurt-me/) [Paulo Coelho](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paulo-coelho/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c49/paulo-coelho-10_critics_i-write-from-my-soul-this-is-the-reason_406971.jpg) > [Don't give to anyone the power to put you down. Haters are losers pretending to be winners.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paulo-coelho/don-t-give-to-anyone-the-power-to-put-you-down-haters-are-losers/) [Paulo Coelho](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paulo-coelho/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f39/paulo-coelho-10_giving_don-t-give-to-anyone-the-power-to-put-yo_830831.jpg) > [“I'm just like that woman really. Or rather, that's what I used to be like: someone pretending to know everything, hidden away…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paulo-coelho/i-m-just-like-that-woman-really-or-rather-that-s-what-i-used-to-be/) [Paulo Coelho](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paulo-coelho/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/45f/paulo-coelho-10_quote_i-m-just-like-that-woman-really-or-rathe_1244357.jpg) > [I write from my soul. This is the reason that critics don't hurt me, because it is me. If it was not…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paulo-coelho/i-write-from-my-soul-this-is-the-reason-that-critics-don-t-hurt-me-2/) [Paulo Coelho](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paulo-coelho/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fa3/paulo-coelho-10_critics_i-write-from-my-soul-this-is-the-reason_2584878.jpg) ## Other authors on Pretending ## More by Paulo Coelho > [I have inside me the winds, the deserts, the oceans, the stars, and everything created in the universe. We were all made by the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paulo-coelho/i-have-inside-me-the-winds-the-deserts-the-oceans-the-stars-and/) [Paulo Coelho](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paulo-coelho/) > [Love will never separate a man from his personal legend.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paulo-coelho/love-will-never-separate-a-man-from-his-personal-legend/) [Paulo Coelho](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paulo-coelho/) > [The world has a soul and whoever understands that soul can also understand the language of many things.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paulo-coelho/the-world-has-a-soul-and-whoever-understands-that-soul-can-also/) [Paulo Coelho](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paulo-coelho/) > [You dont choose your life; it chooses you. Theres no point asking why life has reserved certain joys or griefs, you just accept them…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paulo-coelho/you-dont-choose-your-life-it-chooses-you-theres-no-point-asking-why/) [Paulo Coelho](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paulo-coelho/) > [To love is to be in communion with the other and to discover in that other the spark of God.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paulo-coelho/to-love-is-to-be-in-communion-with-the-other-and-to-discover-in-that/) [Paulo Coelho](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paulo-coelho/) > [It is not enough to dream of the Impossible Love - it is necessary to conquer it too.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paulo-coelho/it-is-not-enough-to-dream-of-the-impossible-love-it-is-necessary-to/) [Paulo Coelho](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paulo-coelho/) > [Eat when it is time to eat. And walk when it is time to walk.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paulo-coelho/eat-when-it-is-time-to-eat-and-walk-when-it-is-time-to-walk/) [Paulo Coelho](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paulo-coelho/) > [People are reading more and writing more because of the internet. So the virtual world is a way for me to listen to my…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paulo-coelho/people-are-reading-more-and-writing-more-because-of-the-internet-so/) [Paulo Coelho](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paulo-coelho/) > [“Joy is like sex – it begins and ends. I want pleasure. I want to be contended, but happiness? I no longer fall into…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paulo-coelho/joy-is-like-sex-it-begins-and-ends-i-want-pleasure-i-want-to-be/) [Paulo Coelho](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paulo-coelho/) > [“Trudi se da zivis, sjecanja su za starije ljude.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paulo-coelho/trudi-se-da-zivis-sjecanja-su-za-starije-ljude/) [Paulo Coelho](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paulo-coelho/) > [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,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paulo-coelho/i-ve-always-been-a-very-restless-person-i-work-hard-spend-too-much/) [Paulo Coelho](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paulo-coelho/) > [When someone leaves, it's because someone else is about to arrive.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paulo-coelho/when-someone-leaves-it-s-because-someone-else-is-about-to-arrive/) [Paulo Coelho](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paulo-coelho/) > [The past and the future become unimportant. There is only that moment, and the incredible certainty that everything under the sun has been written…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paulo-coelho/the-past-and-the-future-become-unimportant-there-is-only-that-moment/) [Paulo Coelho](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paulo-coelho/) > [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paulo-coelho/she-didn-t-need-to-understand-the-meaning-of-life-it-was-enough-to/) [Paulo Coelho](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paulo-coelho/) > [“The simpler the pose, the better; the more sober, the more beautiful.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paulo-coelho/the-simpler-the-pose-the-better-the-more-sober-the-more-beautiful/) [Paulo Coelho](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paulo-coelho/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/pretending/paulo-coelho/#itemlist", "name": "7 Pretending Quotes By Paulo Coelho", "numberOfItems": 7, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Because of that she had never had enough energy to be herself, a person who, like everyone else in the world, needed other people in order to be happy. 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