More quotes by Paulo Coelho

"Life is too short, or too long, for me to allow myself the luxury of living it so badly."
"it’s that sense of powerlessness that destroyed my soul. i cannot be as good as i would like to be.nor as bad as i think i need to be.i think you have the same doubts that your goodness was not rewarded"
"I think you can have 10,000 explanations for failure, but no good explanation for success."
"I'm not saying that love always takes you to heaven. Your life can become a nightmare. But that said, it is worth taking the risk."