to die tomorrow was no worse than dying on any other day. Ev... - Paulo Coelho, The Alchemist

"Once someone asked me, "What do you want to be your epitaph?"So I said, "Paulo Coelho died when he was alive."

"One is loved because one is loved. No reason is needed for loving."

"The secret of life, though, is to fall seven times and to get up eight times."

"This is what we call love. When you are loved, you can do anything in creation. When you are loved, there's no need at all to understand what's happening, because everything happens within you."

"But when he thought to complain about the burden of its weight, he remembered that, because he had the jacket, he had withstood the cold of the dawn.We have to be prepared for change, he thought, and he was grateful for the jacket's weight and warmth.The jacket had a purpose, and so did the boy."