Love has always been a mysterious force. We keep searching for its true meaning in order to find that special person. However, love is much more than that. Here, are some of the best love quotes written by the Brazilian writer Paulo Coelho which will make you question your definition of love.
1. “Love is an untamed force. When we try to control it, it destroys us. When we try to imprison it, it enslaves us. When we try to understand it, it leaves us feeling lost and confused.”― Paulo Coelho
2. “When we meet someone and fall in love, we have a sense that the whole universe is on our side. And yet if something goes wrong, there is nothing left! How is it possible for the beauty that was there only minutes before to vanish so quickly? Life moves very fast. It rushes from heaven to hell in a matter of seconds.” ― Paulo Coelho, Eleven Minutes
3. “This is what we call love. When you are loved, you can do anything in creation. When you are loved, there’s no need at all to understand what’s happening, because everything happens within you.” ― Paulo Coelho, The Alchemist
4. “I’ve been in love before, it’s like a narcotic. At first it brings the euphoria of complete surrender. The next day you want more. You’re not addicted yet, but you like the sensation, and you think you can still control things. You think about the person you love for two minutes then forget them for three hours. But then you get used to that person, and you begin to be completely dependent on them. Now you think about him for three hours and forget him for two minutes. If he’s not there, you feel like an addict who can’t get a fix. And just as addicts steal and humiliate themselves to get what they need, you’re willing to do anything for love.”- By the River Piedra I Sat Down and Wept” ― Paulo Coelho
5. “Anyone who loves in the expectation of being loved in return is wasting their time.” ― Paulo Coelho, The Devil and Miss Prym
6. “When someone leaves, it’s because someone else is about to arrive.” ― Paulo Coelho, The Zahir
7. “In love, no one can harm anyone else; we are each of us responsible for our own feelings and cannot blame someone else for what we feel. It hurt when I lost each of the various men I fell in love with. Now, though, I am convinced that no one loses anyone, because no one owns anyone. That is the true experience of freedom: having the most important thing in the world without owning it.” ― Paulo Coelh
8. “The strongest love is the love that can demonstrate its fragility.” ― Paulo Coelho, Eleven Minutes
9. “Certain things in life simply have to be experienced -and never explained. Love is such a thing.” ― Paulo Coelho, Alchemist
10. “Love is not to be found in someone else, but in ourselves; we simply awaken it. But in order to do that, we need the other person. The universe only makes sense when we have someone to share our feelings with.” ― Paulo Coelho, Eleven Minutes
11. “But how will I know who my Soul mate is?” Brida felt that this was one of the most important questions she had ever asked in her life.
“By taking risks” she said to Brida. “By risking failure, disappointment, disillusion, but never ceasing in you search for Love. As long as you keep looking, you will triumph in the end.” ― Paulo Coelho, Brida
