Quote of the Day

February 13, 2008 by

By Paulo Coelho

“That’s how love got lost,” he said. “When we started laying down rules for when love should or shouldn’t appear.”

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Ancestral bones

February 13, 2008 by

By Paulo Coelho



There was once a king of Spain who was very proud of his ancestors, and who was known for his cruelty towards those weaker than himself.

One day, he was travelling with his entourage through a field in Aragon where, years before, his father had died in battle; there he met a holy man rummaging around in a huge pile of bones.

‘What are you doing?’ asked the king.

‘All honour to Your Majesty!’ said the holy man. ‘When I learned that the king of Spain was coming here, I decided to collect together the bones of your late father and give them to you. But however hard I look, I cannot find them, for they are exactly the same as the bones of peasants, poor men, beggars and slaves.’

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Today’s Question by Aart Hilal

February 13, 2008 by

Are you going to get involve with the writing of the script for the movie Warner Bros are planning to make after The Alchemist? When it is going to be released, what will the casting be?


One of my few regrets in life is that I sold the rights of one of my books. It was the beginning of my international career, and I had no experience at all. Yesterday I saw an interview with Julia Roberts about me, and she says: “I hope that Paulo Coelho never sells the rights of his books to movies. The magic of his books is in the words and sentences.” I totally agree with her.

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