"God, I am trying to recover my faith. Please don't abandon me in the middle ofthis adventure, I prayed, pushing my fears aside."
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Paulo Coelho, By the River Piedra I Sat Down and Wept
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Quotes by Paulo Coelho, By the River Piedra I Sat Down and Wept
"If I must fall, may it be from a high place."
"If pain must come, may it come quickly. Because I have a life to live, and I need to live it in the best way possible. If he has to make a choice, may he make it now. Then I will either wait for him or forget him."
"God hides the fires of hell within paradise."
"In real life, love has to be possible. Even if it is not returned right away, love can only survive when the hope exists that you will be able to win over the person you desire."
"We can never judge the lives of others, because each person knows only their own pain and renunciation."
"Love is a trap. When it appears, we see only its light, not its shadows."
"Waiting is painful. Forgetting is painful. But not knowing which to do is the worst kind of suffering."
"Go and get your things,' he said. 'Dreams mean work."
"Fortunate are those who take the first steps."
"Love like rain, can nourish from above, drenching couples with a soaking joy. But sometimes under the angry heat of life, love dries on the surface and must nourish from below, tending to its roots keeping itself alive."
"If pain must come, may it come quickly. Because I have a life to live, and I need to live it in the best way possible. If he has to make a choice, may he make it now. Then I will either wait for him or forget him."
"In fairy tales, the princesses kiss the frogs, and the frogs become princes. In real life, the pricesses kiss princes, and the princes turn into frogs."
"God is the same, even though He has a thousand names; it is up to us to select a name for Him."
"In fairy tales, the princesses kiss the frogs, and the frogs become princes. In real life, the pricesses kiss princes, and the princes turn into frogs."