“Love simply is. That is the testament of Athena or Sherine or Hagia Sofia — love is. No definitions. Love and don't ask too many questions. Just love.”

—  Paulo Coelho , book The Witch of Portobello

Source: The Witch of Portobello (2007), p. 258.

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Brazilian lyricist and novelist 1947

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