“When someone leaves, it's because someone else is about to arrive.”
Paulo Coelho book The Zahir
Variant: When someone leaves, its because someone else is about to arrive- I'll find love again.
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Paulo CoelhoOriginal title O Zahir (Portuguese, 2005)
The Zahir is a 2005 novel by the Brazilian writer Paulo Coelho. As in an earlier book, The Alchemist, The Zahir is about a pilgrimage. The book touches on themes of love, loss and obsession.
“Stop being who you were and become who you are.”
Paulo Coelho book The Zahir
Source: The Zahir (2005), p. 215.
“Writing is one of the most solitary activities in the world.”
Paulo Coelho book The Zahir
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“I was not I, I was nothing - and that seemed to me quite marvelous.”
Paulo Coelho book The Zahir
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Paulo Coelho book The Zahir
Variant: Freedom is not the absence of commitments, but the ability to choose - and commit myself to - what is best for me.
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“what the eye doesn't see, the heart doesn't grieve over”
Paulo Coelho book The Zahir
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“if a book isn't self-explanatory, then it isn't worth reading.”
Paulo Coelho book The Zahir
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