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Paulo Coelho

(1947) Science Fiction Writer Brazil

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Paulo Coelho is a science fiction writer from Brazil, best known for História do Fluminense.

Quick Facts About Paulo Coelho

Born: August 24, 1947
Nationality: Brazil
Profession: Science Fiction Writer
Notable works: História do Fluminense
Known for: The Alchemist, Eleven Minutes, Veronika Decides to Die, The Fifth Mountain, Brida
Spouse: Christina Oiticica

About Paulo Coelho

Paulo Coelho de Souza is a Brazilian lyricist and novelist. He has been a member of the Brazilian Academy of Letters since 2002. His 1988 novel The Alchemist is an international best-seller.

Biography source: Wikipedia

Awards & Honors

Golden Feather Hans Christian Andersen Literature Award Knight of the Legion of Honour Officer of Arts and Letters Chevalier des Arts et des Lettres Gold medal of Galicia Q137162537

Quotes by Paulo Coelho · Page 4

A warrior does not spend his days trying to play the role that others have chosen for him.

Choice

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“My heart’s afraid it’ll have to suffer….”

Fear

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Writers are lampposts and critics are dogs. Ask lampposts what they think about dogs. Does the dog hurt the lamppost?

About

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“When you want something,the universe confires in helping you to achieve it.”

Physics

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“True love, a question for which there is no answer.”

Hippie

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Beware of anyone who tries to please you all the time.

Inspirational

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When each day is the same as the next, it’s because people fail to recognize the good things that happen in their…

Each day

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Beware of making a woman cry. God is counting her tears.

Counting

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All things are manifestations of one thing only.

Manifestation

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“The world has never been as divided as it is now.”

Aleph

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To live is to experience things, not sit around pondering the meaning of life.

Horse

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it's best to accept life as it really is and not as I imagined it to be

Acceptance

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Thinking that being a good, decent, respectable person will mean that others will see you as weak, vulnerable, and easy to manipulate.

Decent

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“the war seemed a curse. But now it's a blessing, because it brought you to me.”

War

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That is what marks out the warrior: the knowledge that willpower and courage are not the same thing. Courage can attract fear…

Adulation

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When we strive to become better than we are, everything around us becomes better too.

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It's the simple things in life that are the most extraordinary.

Life

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“In life, there is only the present moment, the now. You can't measure time the way you measure distance between two points.…

Life

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Straight roads do not make skillful drivers.

Drivers

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I'm not a person that socializes very well.

Person

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“Don’t forget that everything you deal with is only one thing and nothing else. And”

Deals

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If you are brave to say goodbye, life will reward you with a new hello.

Courage

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“We've lost our ability to live with the secrets of the world. And yet there they are before us.”

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When you close that door to nowhere throw away the key, we have a tendency to look back and regret

Doors

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“I began to make some money, but I could never bring myself to leave someone else in charge of the shop; the…

Money

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