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Getting through just one night

Paulo Coelho

At the age of twelve, Milton Ericksson was a victim of polio. Ten months after he contracted the disease, he heard a doctor tell his parents: “your son won’t live through the night.”
Ericksson heard his mother crying. “Maybe she won’t suffer so much if I get through tonight,” he thought to himself. And he decided not to sleep till dawn.
In the morning he shouted out: “Hey mother! I’m still alive!”
There was so much joy in the house that from then on he resolved to

Quote of the Day

Paulo Coelho

The wise are wise only because they love. The fool are fools only because they think they can understand love.

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Fnac Bookstore in Paris, France by Cassia

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Thank you Cassia!

The books have been released so far only in UK, India and Russia. But during the month of April it will be released in US, Greece, France, Holland, Hungary, South Africa, Lebanon and Middle East.

In May: Australia, Iran, Bulgaria, Poland and Slovakia

If you pass by a bookstore and you happen to have a camera on you, if you see the book in a visible place - it would be great that you would take a picture and send an email to : paulocoelho.writer@gmail.com

Thank you!

To see the re

Today’s question by the reader: Clelia

How does someone know that you are doing what you are meant to be doing in this life?

When they feel enthusiasm in their hearts. Without this inner light, our actions become senseless.

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Prague, 1981

Paulo Coelho

Once, in the winter of 1981, I was walking with my wife through the streets of Prague when we came across a young man drawing the buildings around him.
Although I dread carrying things with me when I travel (and there was still a traveling ahead), I was taken by one of the drawings and decided to buy it.
When I handed him the money I noticed that he was not wearing gloves, despite the cold weather (it was 5 degrees below zero).
“Why aren’t you wearing gloves?” I aske

Quote of the Day

Paulo Coelho

Life was always a matter of waiting for the right moment to act.

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Mango Store in Qatar by Sara

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Thank you Sara!

Mango and I have develop this project together in which they will be printing quotes of mine in T-shirts.

Today is worldwide release and the money of the sales will be sent to my Institute in Brazil that takes care of 450 children.

For more information you can go here

Below is the picture Paula took yesterday in Madrid:

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Question by the reader : Laura

My question to you is this: in the prologue you speak of how you had spoken to a lady who had told you her story and that you had based the story on her.. is this true? was there really a “Brida”? Is the character based on a person you really knew?

Indeed, this character is a real . Of course, some of the parts of the book are metaphors of my own journey in this life. But Brida exists and provided me with the starting point for this story.

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The neighbor and the trees - Part 2

Paulo Coelho

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When he leaves, my first reaction is to accuse him of insensitivity and disrespect for Mother Earth. Then I become intrigued: why did he not accept to sell the land? And before the day comes to an end I understand that his life has only one story, and my neighbor does not want to change it. To move into town also means to plunge into an unknown world, with other values that perhaps he feels too old to learn.
Does this only happen to my neighbor? No, I feel that it happens to

Quote of the Day

Paulo Coelho

If you start by promising what you don’t even have yet, you’ll lose your desire to work towards, getting it.

(Unpublished sayings)

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