When we least expect it, life sets us a challenge to test our courage and willingness to change; at such a moment, there is no point in pretending that nothing has happened or in saying that we are not ready. The challenge will not wait. Life does not look back. A week is more than enough time for us to decide whether or not to accept our destiny.

— Paulo Coelho (via kari-shma)

People always think that the most painful thing in life is losing the one you value. The truth is, the most painful thing is losing YOURSELF in the process of valuing someone too much, and forgetting that you are special too.

— unknown

Anyone who love in the expectation of being loved in return is wasting their time. Love for the sake of love itself.

— Paulo Coelho

Real loss only occurs when you lose something that you love more than yourself.

— unknown

Don’t fear failure so much that you refuse to try new things. The saddest summary of a life: could have, might have, and should have.

— via @Professor Kash

Live with no regrets and love with no excuses.

— Paulo Coelho

To heal our wounds, we need courage to face them.

— Paulo Coelho

The absence of an answer is an answer by itself.

— Paulo Coelho

Love is an ocean with invisible shores. Even if you don’t know how to swim, don’t be afraid to jump in the water.

— Paulo Coelho

Some of us think holding on makes us strong; but sometimes it is letting go.

— unknown

Never save the best for later. You don’t know what tomorrow holds.

— Paulo Coelho

The beauty of truth: whether it is bad or good, it is liberating.

— Paulo Coelho

The past should be the past. It can destroy the future. Live life for what tomorrow has to offer, not for what yesterday has taken away.

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(Source: twitter.com)

Pain is a part of life. Sometimes it’s a big part, and sometimes it isn’t, but either way, it’s a part of the big puzzle, the deep music, the great game. Pain does two things: It teaches you, tells you that you’re alive. Then it passes away and leaves you changed. It leaves you wiser, sometimes. Sometimes it leaves you stronger. Either way, pain leaves its mark, and everything important that will ever happen to you in life is going to involve it in one degree or another.

— Jim Butcher (via kari-shma)