No one owns anything. Anyone who has lost something they th… - Paulo Coelho

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No one owns anything. Anyone who has lost something they thought was theirs forever finally comes to realize that nothing really belongs to them. And if nothing belongs to me, then there's no point wasting my time looking after things that aren't mine.

Paulo Coelho

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Paulo Coelho de Souza (IPA: [ˈpau̯lu ˈko̯eʎu]) (born 24 August 1947) is a Brazilian poet and writer.

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Alternative Names: Paulo Coelho de Souza • Paulo Coelho De Souza

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Anyone who has lost something they thought was theirs forever finally comes to realise that nothing really belongs to them.

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