Written Quotes by Paulo Coelho

11 Written quotes by Paulo Coelho

If you’re curious how a storyteller like Coelho thinks about the act of putting words on paper, this handful of reflections is a good place to start. The selections capture his lyrical tone and the optimism he often brings to the creative process.

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Maktub" (It is written.)

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“When something is written, there is no way to change it.”

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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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“we understand that our life stories and the history of the world were written by the same hand.”

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It's not difficult for me to put my feelings into written form. I try to be concise and to go direct to…

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This is the first teaching of the Knights: You will erase everything you had written in the book of your life up…

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I am a person that is very curious about what is going on in the world and there are a lot of…

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I saw that everything really was written there before me, and that the doors had only been closed before because I hadn't…

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Instead of noting down things I’m unlikely to forget, I will write a poem. Even if I have never written one before…

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Where are they written?" "In the world around us. Merely be attentive to what happens in your life, and you will discover…

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Thousands of years ago, weren't we capable of building enormous structures like the pyramids? Weren't we capable of worshiping gods, weaving, making…

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Love will never separate a man from his personal legend.

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The world has a soul and whoever understands that soul can also understand the language of many things.

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You dont choose your life; it chooses you. Theres no point asking why life has reserved certain joys or griefs, you just accept them…

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To love is to be in communion with the other and to discover in that other the spark of God.

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It is not enough to dream of the Impossible Love - it is necessary to conquer it too.

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Eat when it is time to eat. And walk when it is time to walk.

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People are reading more and writing more because of the internet. So the virtual world is a way for me to listen to my…

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“Joy is like sex – it begins and ends. I want pleasure. I want to be contended, but happiness? I no longer fall into…

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“Trudi se da zivis, sjecanja su za starije ljude.”

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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,…

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When someone leaves, it's because someone else is about to arrive.

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The past and the future become unimportant. There is only that moment, and the incredible certainty that everything under the sun has been written…

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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…

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“The simpler the pose, the better; the more sober, the more beautiful.”

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