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Quote by Paulo Coelho

“If everybody loves you, something is wrong. Find at least one enemy to keep you alert.”

Author

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

“To some I am known as Chief. And these are usually people who work in Radio Shack or try to sell me shoes. To others I am known as Buddy. These are people who dwell in bars and wonder if I’ve got a problem or what it is that I am “looking at.” And to still others, who are in that same bar, standing just off to the side, I am “Get Him!"”

People Ifs Trying Stills Problem Sides Known Wonder Standing Sells Shoes Radio Bars Chiefs Buddy Shack

Author:Demetri Martin

“I am a mystery wrapped in an enigma wrapped in a pita. Why the pita? That counts as another mystery.”

Mystery Enigma

Book:This Is a Book

Source: This Is a Book

“She did not know that this was the best thing she could have done, and she did not know that, when she began to walk quickly or even run along the paths and down the avenue, she was stirring her slow blood and making herself stronger by fighting with the wind which swept down from the moor.”

Made Fighting Wind Stronger Secret Garden

Author:Frances Hodgson Burnett

“The world is an oyster but you don't crack it open on a mattress”

World Cracks Oysters Mattresses

Author:Arthur Miller

“I told you to bring me to Alec! Backstabbing Judas.”

Judas Backstabbing

Book:Cassandra Clare: The Mortal Instruments Series (5 books): City of Bones; City of Ashes; City of Glass; City of Fallen Angels, City of Lost Souls

Source: Cassandra Clare: The Mortal Instruments Series (5 books): City of Bones; City of Ashes; City of Glass; City of Fallen Angels, City of Lost Souls

“The pain was quite extraordinary. And yet also weirdly welcome and restorative, bringing him news of his aliveness and his caughtness in a story larger than himself.”

Stories Pain News Extraordinary Welcome

Author:Jonathan Franzen

“These people yapped loudly of race, of race consciousness, of race pride, and yet suppressed its most delightful manifestations, love of color, joy of rhythmic motion, naive, spontaneous laughter. Harmony, radiance, and simplicity, all the essentials of spiritual beauty in the race they had marked for destructions.”