Veronika Decides to Die Quotes

“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

“people never learn anything by being told; they have to find out for themselves.”

― Paulo Coelho, Veronika Decides to Die

topic:learningexperienceteaching

“Veronika knew that life was always a matter of waiting for the right moment to act.”

― Paulo Coelho, Veronika Decides to Die

topic:action

“You have two choices: to control your mind or to let your mind control you.”

― Paulo Coelho, Veronika Decides to Die

topic:mindcontrol

“stay insane, but behave like normal people. Run the risk of being different, but learn to do so without attracting attention.”

― Paulo Coelho, Veronika Decides to Die

topic:appearancedifference

“Hatred. Something almost as physical as walls, pianos, or nurses.”

― Paulo Coelho, Veronika Decides to Die

topic:hate

“Now, my dear husband, you must have a vacation every year, and make me climb some dangerous mountains, because I need to run the risk of being alive.”

― Paulo Coelho, Veronika Decides to Die

topic:livingrisk

“While I hope that the chemical gets rid of my chronic depression, I want to continue being crazy, living my life the way I dream it, and not the way other people want it to be.”

― Paulo Coelho, Veronika Decides to Die

topic:living

“the danger of an adventure is worth a thousand days of ease and comfort.”

― Paulo Coelho, Veronika Decides to Die

topic:dangeradventurecomfort

“She would consider each day a miracle — which indeed it is, when you consider the number of unexpected things that could happen in each second of our fragile existences.”

― Paulo Coelho, Veronika Decides to Die

topic:existence