Paulo Coelho: Frases en inglés (página 37)
Paulo Coelho es escritor brasileño. Frases en inglés.
As translated by Alan R. Clarke (1996).
By The River Piedra I Sat Down and Wept (1994)
“A brush with death always helps us to live our lives better.”
Fuente: The Zahir (2005), p. 220.
“If you come here, you will find a hidden treasure.”
The child in the shepherd's dream, p. 14.
The Alchemist (1988)
“Terror, terror, terror. Life was a reign o terror in the shadow of the guillotine.”
The Devil and Miss Prym [O Demônio e a srta Prym] (2000), p. 86.
As quoted in Quotes That Help You Survive (2006) by Harpreet Kaur Kapoor.
“God is where you let Him in.”
This expression originates with a statement of Kotzker Rebbe, who, when he was five years old asked his father "Where is God?" to which his father answered: "God is everywhere!" Rebbe then responded "No, I think God is only where you let Him in." As quoted in Innerspace : Introduction to Kabbalah, Meditation and Prophecy (1990), by Aryeh Kaplan, p. 160.
Misattributed
“On 11 November 1997, Veronika decided that the moment to kill herself had — at last!”
arrived.
Veronika Decides to Die (1998)
This has sometimes been paraphrased: "The simple things are also the most extraordinary things, and only the wise can see them."
Fuente: The Alchemist (1988), p. 15.