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Quote by Paulo Coelho

“No one places her dreams in the hands of those who might destroy them.”

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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

“It is in dialogue with pain that many beautiful things acquire their value. Acquaintance with grief turns out to be one of the more unusual prerequisites of architectural appreciation. We might, quite aside from all other requirements, need to be a little sad before buildings can properly touch us.”

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Book:The Architecture of Happiness

Source: The Architecture of Happiness

“the not-so-bookish librarian was half angel, half she-devil, so sayeth the rumor mill.”

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Book:Burned

Source: Burned

“I am irritated by my own writing. I am like a violinist whose ear is true, but whose fingers refuse to reproduce precisely the sound he hears within.”

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Author:Gustave Flaubert

“Follow the path of your aroused thought, and you will soon meet this infernal inscription: There is nothing so beautiful as that which does not exist.”

Writing Doe Beautiful Path Inscriptions

Author:Paul Valery

“A good book is never finished—-it goes on whispering to you from the wall.”

Book Wall Goes On Finished Good Book Whispering

Author:Virginia Euwer Wolff

“This is the effect of panic, a natural effect, you could say that animal nature is like this, plant life would behave in exactly the same way, too, if it did not have all those roots to hold it in the ground, and how nice it would be to see the trees of the forest fleeing the flames.”

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Author:Jose Saramago

“If you're crazy, there's two things you can do to make yourself feel better: One is to get yourself cured. The other is to make everyone you have to deal with crazy.”

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Author:Alan Dean Foster

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