“And one more thing: you still believe that man can be good. If that weren't the case, you wouldn't have invented all this nonsense to convince yourself otherwise.”

— Paulo Coelho , book The Devil and Miss Prym

Source: The Devil and Miss Prym

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Brazilian lyricist and novelist 1947

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