“We all have a purpose in creation and that purpose is called Love. That love, however, shouldn’t be concentrated in just one person, it should be scattered throughout the world, waiting to be discovered. Wake up to that love. What is about to arrive needs to be recognized.” – Paulo Coelho, The Winner Stands Alone

“I want to feel the rain on my face, to smile at men, to accept all the coffees men might buy for me. I want to kiss my mother, tell her I love her, weep in her lap, unashamed of showing my feelings; because they were always there even though I hid them.” – Paulo Coelho, Veronika Decides To Die

“Waiting hurts. Forgetting hurts. But not knowing which decision to take is the worst of sufferings.” – Paulo Coelho, By The River Piedra, I Sat Down And Wept

“We are the warriors of light. With the force of our love and our will, we can change our own destiny and that of many other people.” – Paulo Coelho, The Valkyries

“There is only one sin – lack of love. Be brave, be capable of loving, even if love seems a terrible and treacherous thing. Find joy in love. Find joy in victory. Follow the dictates of your heart.” – Paulo Coelho, The Valkyries

“Anyone who loves must know how to lose themselves and find themselves again.” – Paulo Coelho, By The River Piedra, I Sat Down and Wept

“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

“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

“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