Love Paulo Coelho Novels?

[jodoyz]

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Guys. I want to share the intro of my favorite Paulo Coelho novel...





By the River Piedra I sat down and wept. There is a legend that everything falls into the waters of this river -- leaves, insects, the feathers of birds -- is transformed into the rocks that make the riverbed. If only I could tear out my heart and hurl it into the current, then my pain and longing would be over and I could finally forget.

By the River Piedra I sat down and wept. The winter air chills the tears on my cheeks, and my tears fall into the cold waters that course past me. Somewhere, this river joins another, then another, until -- far from my heart and sight -- all of them merge with the sea.

May my tears run just as far, that my love might never know that one day I cried for him. May my tears run just as far, that I might forget the River Piedra, the monastery, the church in the Pyrenees, the mists, and the paths we walked together.

I shall forget the roads, the mountains, and the fields of my dreams -- the dreams that will never come true.

I remember my "magic moment" -- that instant when a "YES" or a "NO" can change one's life forever. It seems so long ago now. It is hard to believe that it was only last week that I had found my love once again, and then lost him.

I am writing this story on the bank of the River Piedra. My hands freezing, my legs are numb, and every minute I want to stop.

Seek to live. Remember is for the old," he said.

Perhaps love makes us old before our time -- or young, if youth has passed. But how can I not recall those moments? That is why I write -- to try to turn sadness into longing, solitude into remembrance. So that when I finish telling myself the story, I can toss it into the Piedra. That's what the woman who has given me shelter told me to do. Only then -- in the words of one of the saints -- will the water extinguish what the flames have written.

All love stories are the same.

His books are all amazing! Could not get enough. But this one is my favorite!
Do you have ur own favorite from the Coelho Novels?
Share them here!

[beyee]

This is my next book to read once I'm done with Erich Segal's Love Story (a reread)... My first Coelho novel was "Veronica Decides to Die" -- I love the book since I can relate to the main character... I was depressed at that time when my sister's suitor gave me the book as a Christmas present.. Instantly, I envisioned myself in the persona of Veronica

[jodoyz]

@beyee: u shud sis, really great novel.

Veronika decides to die? what a good read! Try pud THE DEVIL AND MISS PRYM ay. hehe

[beyee]

sure sure, another one for the list hehehe.. thnx jodz

[manoi16]

gud day mga sis... let me just say that i'm also paolo choelho fan... in fact, im not much of a book reader but it was his "alchemist" that opened the doors in reading books... i love his works and i do have quit a number of his books but sad to say... im to lenient to let others borrow it and so hangtod karon... la na na-uli.... but anywayz, t'was nice to know people who does love his works...

[jodoyz]

@manoi16: life altering kaau ang alchemist sa? i know several na same wid u, not much of a book reader pud.. and wen dey read the same book, medyo na ganahan na..

[manoi16]

@jodoyz: its the only book na pwede nako balik-balikon ug basa... nyc sad siya ihatag sa mga pips na losing some directions sa ila life or some like bag-o lang ni graduate... mabag-ohan sa lyf na d na student.. hehehe

[shafufut]

I've been reading Paulo Coelho's books since 2006.....i fell in love with how he writes. Nice au tong Fifth Mountain niya and ang akong pinaka fave ky "Eleven Minutes"

“I am convinced that no one loses anyone, because no one owns anyone. That is the true experience of freedom: having the most important thing in the world without owning it.” from his Eleven Minutes..

nice ayo ang story cause it tells us about a brazillian girl who became a prostitute in Switzerland.

[dwardwarbinx]

murag sa Arts and Literature ni ni-belong nga thread. hehe

[acecrystal]

should this thread be moved? on topic, paulo coelho entices his readers to continue in support of his writings... he amazes me with his craft in writing..I hope to read all his novels...