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"I ran across an excerpt today (in English translation) of some dialogue/narration from the modern popular writer, Paulo Coelho in his book: Aleph.(Note: bracketed text is mine.)... 'I spoke to three s..."

"A novel must show how the world truly is, how characters genuinely think, how events actually occur. A novel should somehow reveal the true source of our actions."

"The moon will guide you through the night with her brightness, but she will always dwell in the darkness, in order to be seen."

"Marriage is a partnership, not a democracy."

"Semua orang pernah patah hati. All you have to do is move on."

"Ivanov: And this whole romance of ours is commonplace and trite: he lost heart, and he lost his way. She came along, strong and brave in spirit, and gave him an helping hand. That's all very well and ..."

"I have almost completed a long novel, but it is unpublishable until my death and England's."

"When I die I hope it may be said:'Her suffering was black, but her books were read'."

"Poetry, plays, novels, music, they are the cry of the human spirit trying to understand itself and make sense of our world."

"If you only write when you’re inspired you may be a fairly decent poet, but you’ll never be a novelist because you’re going to have to make your word count today and those words aren’t going to wait f..."