Paulo Coelho, By The River Piedra I Sat Down And Wept

Quotes

• “Love like rain, can nourish from above, drenching couples with a soaking joy. But sometimes under the angry heat of life...”
• “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. I...”
• “In real life, love has to be possible. Even if it is not returned right away, love can only survive when the hope exists...”
• “In fairy tales, the princesses kiss the frogs, and the frogs become princes. In real life, the pricesses kiss princes, a...”
• “God, I am trying to recover my faith. Please don't abandon me in the middle ofthis adventure, I prayed, pushing my fears...”
• “We can never judge the lives of others, because each person knows only their own pain and renunciation.”
• “Waiting is painful. Forgetting is painful. But not knowing which to do is the worst kind of suffering.”
• “God is the same, even though He has a thousand names; it is up to us to select a name for Him.”
• “Love is a trap. When it appears, we see only its light, not its shadows.”
• “Go and get your things,' he said. 'Dreams mean work.”
• “Fortunate are those who take the first steps.”
• “If I must fall, may it be from a high place.”
• “God hides the fires of hell within paradise.”