lines from paulo coelho's zahir

astrvm_01
By astrvm_01

"if pain must come, may it come quickly. because i have a life to live, and i need to live it i the best way possible. if he has to make a choice, my he make it now. then i will either wait for him or forget him. waiting is painful. forgetting is painful. but not knowing which to do is the worst kind of suffering"
--- and i do appreciate the honesty and telling me early on the truth..

here is another...

"until one morning i'll wake up and find myself thinking about something else and then i'll know the worst is over. my heart may be bruised, but it will recover and become capable of seeing the beauty of life once more! it happened before, it will happen again, im sure. when someone leaves, its because someone is about to arrive. i'll find love again!"

---hope this happens soon...

By simplestguy90210• 13 Aug 2007 15:06
simplestguy90210

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By astrvm_01• 13 Aug 2007 15:04
astrvm_01

hmmm....i'll think about it, when im sure i have the time to read so i could return it right away, as of now...work is kinda taking up most of my time and when i get home i just crash into my bed and sleep ;-P

-CERTAMVS!-

By simplestguy90210• 13 Aug 2007 14:53
simplestguy90210

.... I have two of his masterpieces, The Five People & For One More Day.

Just let me know if you want to borrow.

By astrvm_01• 13 Aug 2007 14:38
astrvm_01

i would just lend it to you but i left it at my parent's house and its not in qatar ;-P albom has a simple way of telling a story..but it rocks ;-P

-CERTAMVS!-

By simplestguy90210• 13 Aug 2007 14:24
Rating: 4/5
simplestguy90210

.... I would love to read Tuesdays with Morrie.

I went to the bookstore last week, but, it's out of stock. The lady was telling me it will be available at the end of this month.

I hope I can get one copy. I love Mitch's way of storytelling.

SO SIMPLE!

By astrvm_01• 13 Aug 2007 14:20
astrvm_01

i know what u mean by feeling bored by it...i feel the same way when reading dan brown and danielle steel books..once uve read one of them, uve read them all...

-CERTAMVS!-

By astrvm_01• 13 Aug 2007 14:14
astrvm_01

the five people u meet in heaven was recommended to me by a friend but i havent read it yet...havent been in a bookstore for ages...i have tuesdays with morrie ;-P

-CERTAMVS!-

By simplestguy90210• 13 Aug 2007 14:05
Rating: 4/5
simplestguy90210

I finished reading The Alchemist a long time ago.

I have now two of Paulo's other masterpieces, The Devil and Miss Prym & By The River Piedra I Sat Down and Wept.

I am half-through with By The River Piedra, but, honestly, I felt BORED.

I don't know why. Maybe, it's Paulo's way of telling the story. It's just like I was reading The Alchemist again.

Does any of you here read Mitch Albom's books? I finished two of his books, The Five People You Meet In Heaven & For One More Day.

Great books!

By astrvm_01• 13 Aug 2007 13:22
astrvm_01

thats exactly what im reading next from him ;-P

-CERTAMVS!-

By annakrug• 13 Aug 2007 13:12
annakrug

http://www.paulocoelho.com/engl/index.html

By annakrug• 13 Aug 2007 13:10
Rating: 4/5
annakrug

Paulo Coelho on Eleven Minutes

Try reading that!

Its beautifully written and will give you hope for love again. It talks about very controversal subject- the life of a prostitute. Her feels, thoughts and how she matures through her relationships, love and life.

Ps- Dear Mr. Censor- this subject must be allowed in Qatar because this book is sold in Jarir and Virgin Megastore. If this subject is too contraversial for QL- apologies in advance.

This is what Paulo says about his book:

How I came to write Eleven Minutes

During my lifetime, I have experienced sex in many different and contradictory ways. I was born into a conservative age, when virginity was the defining characteristic of any decent young woman. I witnessed the emergence of the contraceptive pill and of antibiotics, both indispensable for the sexual revolution that would follow. I plunged enthusiastically into the hippy era, when we went to the other extreme, with free love being practised at rock concerts. I now find myself in an age which is half-conservative, half-liberal, an age haunted by a new disease resistant to all antibiotics.

It is part of a writer's role to reflect on his or her own life, and writing a book about sexuality came to be a priority with me. I tried various approaches, but all failed. It was only when I met the prostitute who would provide the connecting thread for this novel that I realised: in order to write about sublime sex, I had to start with the fear that everything will go wrong.

Eleven Minutes does not set out to be a manual or a treatise about a man and a woman confronted by the unknown world of sexual relationships. It is an analysis of my own trajectory. It took me a long time to learn that the coming together of two bodies is more than a response to certain physical stimuli or to the survival instinct. Sex is a manifestation of a spiritual energy called love.

Sex means, above all, having the courage to experience your own paradoxes, individuality, and willingness to surrender. I wrote Eleven Minutes, in order to find out if, at this stage of life, at 55, I had the courage to learn everything that life has tried to teach me on the subject.

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