“In a world where everyone struggles to survive whatever the cost, how could one judge those who decide to die?”
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Simplified Chinese edition of Veronica Decides to Die. Paulo Coelho. 24-year-old Veronica is tired of living and wants to die. But when she wakes up, she discovers she is restraint in a mental hospital. She is also told that she only has a fatal heart condition and will die in a week. What follows is a classic Coelho. In Simplified Chinese. Distributed by Tsai Fong Books, Inc.
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Paulo Coelho
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“In a world where everyone struggles to survive whatever the cost, how could one judge those who decide to die?”
“because it seemed too simple to accept that life was an act of faith.”
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“Nothing in this world happens by chance.”
“You are someone who is different, but who wants to be the same as everyone else. And that in my view is a serious illness. God chose you to be different. Why are you disappointing God with t...”
“The two hardest tests on the spiritual road are the patience to wait for the right moment and the courage not to be disappointed with what we encounter.”
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“Collective madness is called sanity ..”
“I want to continue being crazy; living my life the way I dream it, and not the way the other people want it to be.”