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Quote by Paulo Coelho

“Time does not pass, it merely changes.”

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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

“I've always wanted to get as far as possible from the place where I was born. Far both geographically and spiritually. To leave it behind ... I feel that life is very short and the world is there to see and one should know as much about it as possible. One belongs to the whole world, not just one part of it.”

Knows World Feels Should Whole Wanted Life Is Born Behinds Whole World Just One Far Away Life Is Short Life Is Too Short

Book:Conversations with Paul Bowles

Source: Conversations with Paul Bowles

“It's just a temporary thing.”

Temporary

Author:Lou Reed

“The longer I live the more I mistrust theatricality, the false glamour cast by performance, the more I know its poverty beside the truths we are salvaging from the splitting-open of our lives. -from "Transcendental Etude”

Knows Poverty Our Lives Performances Casts Glamour Mistrust Transcendental Splitting

Author:Adrienne Rich

“I choose to love this time for once with all my intelligence -from "Splittings”

Splitting

Author:Adrienne Rich

“Yet do not miss the moral, my good men. For Saint Paul says that all that’s written well Is written down some useful truth to tell. Then take the wheat and let the chaff lie still.”

Men Wells Stills Lying Moral Written Missing Saint Good Man Wheat Canterbury Saint Paul Canterbury Tales

Book:The Canterbury tales

Source: The Canterbury tales

“Beneath the stars the lake lay dark and sombre," Stead wrote, "but on its shores gleamed and glowed in golden radiance the ivory city, beautiful as a poet's dream, silent as a city of the dead.”

Dream Beautiful Stars Dark Cities Poet Lays Silent Golden Lakes Shore Radiance Ivory

Author:Erik Larson

“Women can resist a man's love, a man's fame, a man's personal appearance, and a man's money, but they cannot resist a man's tongue when he knows how to talk to them.”

Knows Men Know How Fame Appearance Tongue Personal Appearance

Book:The woman in white

Source: The woman in white

“That I have no right to be jealous is irrelevant. It is a human passion: the sick, white underbelly of love.”

Life Humans Passion White Sick Jealous Irrelevant Being Jealous

Book:The Last Time They Met

Source: The Last Time They Met

“A fair bargain leaves both sides unhappy.”

Sides Fairs Unhappy Both Sides Bargains

Book:A Dance with Dragons: A Song of Ice and Fire: Book Five

Source: A Dance with Dragons: A Song of Ice and Fire: Book Five

“Deeds that seemed unimportant at the time would prove to have been momentous; a tiny act of selfishness and unkindness or, conversely, an unconsidered act of generosity would become the measure of a human life.”

Humans Has Beens Prove Deeds Tiny Generosity Selfishness Human Life Unimportant Unkindness

Author:Karen Armstrong

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