Quotes from book
Brida

Brida
Paulo CoelhoOriginal title Brida (Portuguese, 1990)

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“Everything depends on which path you take.”

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“Having the courage to take the steps we always wanted to take is the only way of showing that we trust in God.”

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“Every moment in life is an act of faith”

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Variant: Life is an act of faith.
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“In order not to suffer, you had to renounce love. It was like putting out your own eyes in order not to see the bad things in life.”

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“None of us knows what might happen even the next minute, yet still we go forward. Because we trust. Because we have Faith.”

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“Most important and most vulnerable of human emotions; Love.”

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“Fairy tales had been her first experience of the magical universe, and more than once she had wondered why people ended up distancing themselves from that world, knowing the immense joy that childhood had brought to their lives.”

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“I’m afraid of love, because it involves things that are beyond our understanding; it sheds such a brilliant light, but the shadow it casts frightens me.”

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“By taking risks. By risking failure, disappointment, disillusion, but never ceasing in your search for Love, as long as you keep looking, you will triumph in the end.”

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“You had to take risks, follow some paths and abandon others.”

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“When you find your path, you must not be afraid. You need to have sufficient courage to make mistakes.”

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Source: Brida (1990).
Context: When you find your path, you must not be afraid. You need to have sufficient courage to make mistakes. Disappointment, defeat, and despair are the tools God uses to show us the way.

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“Love was above everything else, and there was no hatred in love, only the occasional mistake.”

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“It isn't expectations that carry us forward, it's our desire to go on.”

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“How much I missed, simply because I was afraid of missing it.”

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“Choosing a path means having to miss out on others”

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“Learning something means coming into contact with a world of which you know nothing. In order to learn, you must be humble.”

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“Give time time.”

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“Never be ashamed. Accept what life offers you and try to drink from every cup. All wines should be tasted; some should only be sipped, but with others, drink the whole bottle. How will I know which is which? By the taste. You can only know a good wine if you have first tasted a bad one.”

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