By the River Piedra I Sat Down and Wept Quotes

But love is always new. Regardless of whether we love once, twice, or a dozen times in our life, we always face a brand-new situation. Love can consign us to hell or to paradise, but it always takes us somewhere. We simply have to accept it, because it is what nourishes our existence. If we reject it, we die of hunger, because we lack the courage to stretch out a hand and pluck the fruit from the branches of the tree of life. We have to take love where we find it, even if that means hours, days, weeks of disappointment and sadness.

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.

Paulo Coelho, By the River Piedra I Sat Down and Wept

Yes, my mind was wandering. I wished I were there with someone who could bring peace to my heart someone with whom I could spend a little time without being afraid that i would lose him the next day. With that reassurance, the time would pass more slowly. We could be silent for a while because we'd know we had the rest of our lives together for conversation. I wouldn't have to worry about serious matters, about difficult decisions and hard words.

Paulo Coelho, By the River Piedra I Sat Down and Wept

You have to take risks, he said. We will only understand the miracle of life fully when we allow the unexpected to happen. Every day, God gives us the sun--and also one moment in which we have the ability to change everything that makes us unhappy. Every day, we try to pretend that we haven't perceived that moment, that it doesn't exist--that today is the same as yesterday and will be the same as tomorrow. But if people really pay attention to their everyday lives, they will discover that magic moment.

Love is a trap. When it appears, we see only its light, not its shadows.

Paulo Coelho, By the River Piedra I Sat Down and Wept

We can never judge the lives of others, because each person knows only their own pain and renunciation.

Paulo Coelho, By the River Piedra I Sat Down and Wept

Life takes us by surprise and orders us to move toward the unknown -even when we don't want to and when we think we don't need to.

Paulo Coelho, By the River Piedra I Sat Down and Wept

God always offers us a second chance in life.

Paulo Coelho, By the River Piedra I Sat Down and Wept

Happiness is something that multiplies when it is divided.

Paulo Coelho, By the River Piedra I Sat Down and Wept

To love is to lose control.

Paulo Coelho, By the River Piedra I Sat Down and Wept

Love is not a feeling, it is a choice we make every day.

Paulo Coelho, By the River Piedra I Sat Down and Wept