Paulo Coelho The Witch Of Portobello Quotes

#1. I've noticed that loneliness gets stronger when we try to face it down, but gets weaker when we simply ignore it.

Paulo Coelho

#2. I start to think that I'm losing the love I have without having yet won the love I hope to win.

Paulo Coelho

#3. What you learn from others you can use to follow.
What you learn for yourself you can use to lead.

Richard Hamming

#4. Because if you take a risk, you just might find what you're looking for.

Susane Colasanti

#5. So there's a cloud of rage around me, but being an artist kind of changes that. No matter what you thought coming in, what ignorant thing you believed, you're in show business for two years, you're like, "OK, I was wrong." It's hard to be mad at any particular group of people when you're an artist.

Chris Rock

#6. I equate peonies with love because they're the first blooms of summer.

Isaac Mizrahi

#7. I don't mind being the butt of the joke ... It doesn't really bother me. I quite enjoy it.

Ryan Seacrest

#8. Insufferable woman!" was her immediate exclamation. "Worse than I had supposed. Absolutely insufferable! Knightley! - I could not have believed it. Knightley! - never seen him in her life before, and call him Knightley! - and discover that he is a gentleman!

Jane Austen

#9. People's youthful quirks can harden into adult pathologies. What's adorable at 20 can be worrisome at 30 and dangerous at 40.

Pamela Druckerman

#10. No one lights a lamp in order to hide it behind the door: the purpose of light is to create more light, to open people's eyes, to reveal the marvels around.

Paulo Coelho

#11. Now the only way out is straight up to Heaven.

Richard Bachman

#12. I don't see any reason why I should look for someone who never took the trouble to love me.

Paulo Coelho

#13. Partly because of the huge costs involved, a government contract becomes virtually a substitute for intellectual curiosity.

Hallam Stevens

#14. We can see the Divine in each speck of dust, but that doesn't stop us from wiping it away with a wet sponge. The Divine doesn't disappear; it's transformed into the clean surface.

Paulo Coelho

#15. The day is made up of 24 hours and an infinite number of moments. We need to be aware of those moments and make the most of them regardless of whether we're busy doing something or contemplating life.

Paulo Coelho

#16. Everything, absolutely everything on this earth makes sense, and even the smallest things are worthy of our consideration.

Paulo Coelho

#17. When I was in the batter's box, I felt sorry for the pitcher.

Rogers Hornsby

#18. I'm working hard with more determination than ever. My success at the Salon led to my selling several paintings and since your absence I have made 800 francs; I hope, when I have contracts with more dealers, it will be better still.

Claude Monet

#19. When I visit local communities, people often complain that they need the approval of several dozen government departments to get something done or to start a business, and people are quite frustrated about this.

Li Keqiang