Quotes of famous people

Source: Veronika Decides to Die

Source: The Winner Stands Alone

Variant: i am convinced that no one loses anyone, because no one owns anyone.
that is the true experience of freedom:having the most important thing in the world without owning it.
Source: Eleven Minutes

Life and death lose their meaning; there are only challenges to be met with joy and overcome with tranquility.
Aleph (2011)

Paulo Coelho's blog entry " My thoughts on S.O.P.A. http://paulocoelhoblog.com/2012/01/20/welcome-to-pirate-my-books/", 20 Januar 2012. Retrieved 1 November 2015.
Context: As an author, I should be defending ‘intellectual property’, but I’m not. Pirates of the world, unite and pirate everything I’ve ever written!

Source: Brida

Source: The Alchemist (1988), p. 130

Variant: When someone leaves, its because someone else is about to arrive- I'll find love again.
Source: The Zahir

By The River Piedra I Sat Down and Wept (1994)
Source: By the River Piedra I Sat Down and Wept

Aleph (2011)

Source: Eleven Minutes

Source: Like the Flowing River

Source: The Winner Stands Alone

Variant: If you’re brave enough to say goodbye, life will reward you with a new hello.

Source: The Pilgrimage

Source: The Alchemist