“If theater is ritual, then dance is too… It's as if the threads connecting us to the rest of the world were washed clean of preconceptions and fears. When you dance, you can enjoy the luxury of being you.”

—  Paulo Coelho

Source: The Witch Of Portobello

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Brazilian lyricist and novelist 1947

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