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April 13, 2009
Today’s Question by Maya
You won your first award in a school poetry contest. Do you read poetry now? What authors? Is it an inspiration for you now?
Actually it was my sister who won this poetry contest with one of my poems. She wanted to take part in this poetry contest but asked me to write something. I wrote the poem, but feeling it wasn’t good enough, I threw in the bin. She sneaked into my room and got it, later to win the contest. I remember my surprise at this, and today I feel it was one of these decisive moment
April 10, 2009
Trying to control the soul
Paulo Coelho
We often think we can control love. And then we catch ourselves asking the completely useless question: “is it really worth it?”
Love does not bother itself with that question. Love refuses to be priced like some piece of merchandise. One of the characters in Bertold Brecht’s play “The Good Person of Szechuan” tells us about true love:
“I want to be next to the one I love.
I don’t care what this will cost me.
I don’t care whether this will do my life good or bad.
I don’t care whether thi
Bookstore in Los Angeles by Carla
Thank you Carla!
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 rea
Quote of the Day
Paulo Coelho
The cup of suffering is not the same size for everyone.
(The Manual of the Warrior of Light)
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Paul on the road
Paul from Austria, a regular in this blog, is doing the pilgrimage to Santiago de Compostela. We decided that he will share his daily impressions with us, starting next Monday. He will arrive (God willing!) on the 13th of May, the same the day of the opening of the exhibition Christina Oiticica, in the Igrexa da Universidade.
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Today’s Question by the reader : Manuel
In your writing, how do you cope with the relationship between reality and fantasy?
I don’t distinguish reality from fantasy because I think that reality encompass emotion, faith, fears… All these things we carry in our soul are certainly invisible to the eye – but not the heart.
We all know when we are sad, happy, nostalgic or enthusiastic. This emotional input then touches all the material things we do. In our work for instance this is obvious. It is impossible to perform a good work when we ar
April 9, 2009
Marked to die - Part 2
Paulo Coelho
[...:]
The car is tossed back on the road and finally comes to a standstill lying on its left side. I can make out the driver’s shirt. I pull up alongside, and the only thing going through my head is that I have to get out and help him. At this moment I feel my wife’s nails digging deep into my arm: she begs me for the love God to drive on and park further ahead, the other car could explode and burst into flames.
I drive another hundred meters and park. The radio is still playing the B
Bookstore in Los Angeles by Carla
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Thank you Carla!
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!
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Quote of the Day
Paulo Coelho
Seize every opportunity that life offers you because, when opportunities go, they take a long time to come back.
The Fifth Mountain
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Paul on the road
Paul from Austria, a regular in this blog, is doing the pilgrimage to Santiago de Compostela. We decided that he will share his daily impressions with us, starting next Monday. He will arrive (God willing!) on the 13th of May, the same the day of the opening of the exhibition Christina Oiticica, in the Igrexa da Universidade.
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