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Quote by Paulo Coelho

“Things do not always happen the way I would have wanted, and it's best that I get used to that.”

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Paulo Coelho, born on August 24, 1947, is a renowned Brazilian author and lyricist. His works are characterized by profound philosophical thoughts and rich imagination, with his most famous novel being 'The Alchemist'. more

“This good fellowship - camaraderie - usually occurring through the similarity of pursuits is unfortunately seldom super-added to love between the sexes, because men and women associate, not in their labors but in their pleasures merely. Where, however, happy circumstances permit its development, the compounded feeling proves itself to be the only love which is strong as death - that love which many waters cannot quench, nor the floods drown, besides which the passion usually called by the name is as evanescent as steam.”

Source: Far From the Madding Crowd

“Knowing was a temptation. What you don't know won't tempt you.”

Knows Fear Knowing Temptation

Book:The Handmaid's Tale

Source: The Handmaid's Tale

“To want is to have a weakness.”

Want Weakness

Book:The Handmaid's Tale

Source: The Handmaid's Tale

“He would always speak the language of the heart with an awkward foreign accent.”

Heart Speak Language Awkward Accents

Book:Shadow of the Hegemon

Source: Shadow of the Hegemon

“Death is not a tragedy to the one who dies; to have wasted the life before that death, that is the tragedy.”

Life Dies Tragedy

Book:The Shadow Quintet

Source: The Shadow Quintet

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