“She looked at her own past, and, for the first time, she forgave herself: it hadn't been
her fault, but the fault
of that insecure little boy, who had given up after the first attempt.”
Source: Eleven Minutes
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Paulo Coelho 844
Brazilian lyricist and novelist 1947Related quotes

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“Be England what she will,
With all her faults she is my country still.”
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