“Waiting is painful. Forgetting is painful. But not knowing which to do is the worst kind of suffering.”
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En toda historia de amor siempre hay algo que nos acerca a la eternidad y a la esencia de la vida, porque las historias de amor encierran en sí todos los secretos del mundo. Pero ¿qué ocurre cuando la timidez sacrifica un amor adolescente? ¿Y qué sucede cuando, al cabo de once años, el destino hace que una mujer reencuentre a su amado? A ella, la vida le ha enseñado a ser fuerte y a dominar sus sentimientos. A él, que posee el don de la curación, la religión le ha servido como refugio de sus conflictos interiores. Pero a ambos les une un solo deseo: el de cumplir sus sueños. El camino que habrán de recorrer es escabroso, y el sentimiento de culpa un obstáculo casi insalvable. Pero será a orillas del río Piedra, en un pueblecito del Pirineo, donde ambos descubrirán su propia verdad.
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Paulo Coelho
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“Waiting is painful. Forgetting is painful. But not knowing which to do is the worst kind of suffering.”
“If pain must come, may it come quickly. Because I have a life to live, and I need to live it in the best way possible. If he has to make a choice, may he make it now. Then I will either wait...”
“A divided kingdom cannot defend itself from its adversaries. A divided person cannot face life in a dignified way.”
“Fortunate are those who take the first steps.”
“In fairy tales, the princesses kiss the frogs, and the frogs become princes. In real life, the pricesses kiss princes, and the princes turn into frogs.”
“The spiritual path can only be traveled through the daily experience of love.”
“But love is much like a dam: if you allow a tiny crack to form through which only a trickle of water can pass, that trickle will quickly bring down the whole structure, and soon no one will...”
“Wait. This was the first lesson I had learned about love. The day drags along, you make thousands of plans, you imagine every possible conversation, you promise to change your behavior in ce...”
“We can never judge the lives of others, because each person knows only their own pain and renunciation.”
“In real life, love has to be possible. Even if it is not returned right away, love can only survive when the hope exists that you will be able to win over the person you desire.”
“God, I am trying to recover my faith. Please don't abandon me in the middle of this adventure, I prayed, pushing my fears aside.”
“Go and get your things,' he said. 'Dreams mean work.”
“If I must fall, may it be from a high place.”
“But love is always new. Regardless of whether we love once, twice, or a dozen times in our life, we always face a brand-new situation. Love can consign us to hell or to paradise, but it alwa...”
“God is the same, even though He has a thousand names; it is up to us to select a name for Him.”
“Love like rain, can nourish from above, drenching couples with a soaking joy. But sometimes under the angry heat of life, love dries on the surface and must nourish from below, tending to it...”
“Love is a trap. When it appears, we see only its light, not its shadows.”
“God hides the fires of hell within paradise.”
“No, I'm not mistaken. I know you don't love me. But I'm going to fight for your love. There are some things in life that are worth fighting for to the end. You are worth it.”
“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...”
“Nunca podemos juzgar la vida de los demás, porque cada uno sabe de su propio dolor y de su propia renuncia. Una cosa es suponer que uno está en el camino cierto; otra es suponer que ese cami...”
“The day drags along, you make thousands of plans, you imagine every possible conversation, you promise to change your behavior in certain ways–and you feel more and more anxious until your l...”
“A person who goes in search of God is wasting his time. He can walk a thousand roads and join many religions and sects–but he'll never find God that way. God is here, right now, at our side....”