Veronika Decides to Die Quotes

“Many people don’t allow themselves to love . . . because there are a lot of things at risk, a lot of future and a lot of past.”

― Paulo Coelho, Veronika Decides to Die

topic:loverisk

“She entered a kind of euphoric state, as if death had freed her from the fear of dying.”

― Paulo Coelho, Veronika Decides to Die

topic:deathfear

“The happier people can be, the unhappier they are.”

― Paulo Coelho, Veronika Decides to Die

topic:happiness

“If only everyone could know and live with their inner craziness. Would the world be a worse place for it? No, people would be fairer and happier.”

― Paulo Coelho, Veronika Decides to Die

topic:happinessknowledge

“Once in a mental hospital, a person grows used to the freedom that exists in the world of insanity and becomes addicted to it.”

― Paulo Coelho, Veronika Decides to Die

topic:freedom

“We all live in our own world. But if you lookup at the starry sky, you’ll see that all the different worlds up there combine to form constellations, solar systems, galaxies.”

― Paulo Coelho, Veronika Decides to Die

topic:selfdifference

“what is reality? . . . It’s whatever the majority deems it to be. It’s not necessarily the best or the most logical, but it’s the one that supports the desires of society as a whole.”

― Paulo Coelho, Veronika Decides to Die

topic:realitysocietydesire

“it’s best to accept life as it really is and not as I imagined it to be.”

― Paulo Coelho, Veronika Decides to Die

topic:realityimagination

“Haven’t you learned anything, not even with the approach of death? Stop thinking all the time that you’re in the way, that you’re bothering the person next to you. If people don’t like it, they can complain. And if they don’t have the...”

― Paulo Coelho, Veronika Decides to Die

topic:courageliving

“You have passed through the two hardest tests on the spiritual road: the patience to wait for the right moment and the courage not to be disappointed with what you encounter.”

― Paulo Coelho, Veronika Decides to Die

topic:couragepatience