Romance Quote by Paulo Coelho — Inspiring Words on Life, Love & Wisdom

“The secret of life, though, is to fall seven times and to get up eight times.”

“Isn't wine prohibited here?" the boy asked. "It's not what enters men's mouths that's evil," said the alchemist. "It's what comes out of their mouths that is.”

“I am going to sit here in the river. If you go home to sleep, I will sleep in front of your house. And if you go away, I will follow you--until you tell me to go away. Then I'll leave. But I have to love you for the rest of my life..”

“But if you believe yourself worthy of the thing you fought so hard to get, then you become an instrument of God, you help the Soul of the World, and you understand why you are here.”

“Certain things in life simply have to be experienced -and never explained. Love is such a thing.”

“I'm not a body with a soul, I'm a soul that has a visible part called the body.”

“Sarah, honey, I hardly think kidnappers are going to take the time to buy a memento of their stay. I could be wrong, but it seems rather unlikely.”

“The image of the sensual, sleep-laden Naomi made him smile. And wish he’d been lying on the pillow next to her when she’d opened her eyes. Lucky pillow.”

“Like Nietzsche once said: 'And those who were seen dancing were thought to be insane by those who could not hear the music.' We writers were always like that. The damned, dancing like fools around the world - feeling everything around as if it were an ocean wave.”

“I’d kill for you, Tess. I have killed for you. Don’t undermine me by fearing others. Fear me. Let me rule you!”

“Keeping the box closed just keeps you in the dark, not the universe... but failing to open the box doesn't kill the cat.”

“What you are is a fucking tragedy, Simon Snow. You literally couldn't be a bigger mess.”