“The energy that many people call love is in fact, the raw material from which the universe was built. This energy cannot be manipulated, it leads us gently forwards, it contains all we have to learn in this life.” – Paulo Coelho, The Zahir

“Love is always new. It doesn’t matter if we love once, twice or ten times in a lifetime, we will always find ourselves faced by an unfamiliar situation.” – Paulo Coelho, By The River Piedra, I Sat Down And Wept

“The warrior of light embraces his passions and enjoys them intensely. He knows that there is no need to renounce the pleasures of conquest; they are part of life and bring joy to all those who participate in them.” – Paulo Coelho, Manual of the Warrior of Light

“Love is full of traps. When it wants to reveal itself, it shows only its light and does not let us see the shadows cast by that light.” – Paulo Coelho, By The River Piedra, I Sat Down and Wept

“Do not try to explain feelings. Live everything intensely and treasure what you feel as a gift from God.” – Paulo Coelho, Brida

“The moment we set off in search of love, it sets off in search of us. And saves us.” – Paulo Coelho, By The River Piedra, I Sat Down And Wept

“Sorrows do not last forever when we are journeying towards the thing we have always wanted.” – Paulo Coelho, The Fifth Mountain

“He who loves has conquered the world and has no fear of losing anything. True love is an act of total surrender.” – By The River Piedra, I Sat Down And Wept

“The strongest love is the love that can demonstrate its fragility.” – Paulo Coelho, Eleven Minutes

“Love is not to be found in someone else, but in ourselves; we simply awaken it. But in order to do that, we need the other person.” – Eleven Minutes