I start to think that I'm losing the love I have without having yet won the love I hope to win. - Paulo Coelho

Fairy tales had been her first experience of the magical universe, and more than once she had wondered why people ended up distancing themselves from that world, knowing the immense joy that childhood had brought to their lives.

Don't listen to the malicious comments of those friends who, never taking any risks themselves, can only see other people's failures.

I am going to sit here with you by 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.