Paulo Coelho: Quotes about love

“One is loved because one is loved. No reason is needed for loving.”

“Certain things in life simply have to be experienced -and never explained. Love is such a thing.”

“It is better to have loved and lost than never to have loved at all.”

“Love is not a habit, a commitment, or a debt. It isn't what romantic songs tell us it is - love simply is.”

“Excessive caution destroys the soul and the heart, because living is an act of courage, and an act of courage is always an act of love.”

“Even if you slept with every man on Earth, my love will still survive.”

“Love is, after all, a curse of suffering.”

“I love you like a river that creates the right conditions for trees and bushes and flowers to flourish along its banks. I love you like a river that gives water to the thirsty and takes people where they want to go.”

“Love is an untamed force. When we try to control it, it destroys us. When we try to imprison it, it enslaves us. When we try to understand it, it leaves us feeling lost and confused.”

“If you love someone, you must be prepared to set them free.”

“In love, no one can harm anyone else; we are each of us responsible for our own feelings and cannot blame someone else for what we feel.”

“Love is only a word, until we decide to let it possess us with all its force.
Love is only a word, until someone arrives to give it meaning.
Don't give up. Remember, it's always the last key on the key ring that opens the door.”

“Love doesn't need to be discussed; it has its own voice and speaks for itself.”

“But if I don’t think about love, I will be nothing.”

“everyone knows how to love because we are all born with that gift.”

“The aim of every human being is to understand the meaning of total love.”

“People destroy what they love.”

“My aim is to understand love. I know how alive I felt when I was in love, and I know that everything I have now, however interesting it might seem, doesn't really excited me.
But love is a terrible thing: I've seen my girlfriends suffer and I don't want the same thing to happen to me. … Although my aim is to understand love, and although I suffer to think of people to whom I gave my heart, I see that those who touched my heart failed to arouse my body, and that those who aroused my body failed to touch my heart.”

“Love always triumphs over what we call death. That’s why there’s no need to grieve for our loved ones, because they continue to be loved and remain by our side.”