7 Paulo Coelho quotes that will change the way you think about love

Navigating through relationships, especially in this day and age is not easy. From breadcrumbing to hardballing, the vocabulary itself is hard to follow, let alone the relationships themselves. We swipe, we zip-code, we ‘keep it casual’, and yet somewhere in between, everything gets complicated. Who better than Brazilian author Paulo Coelho to understand the complexities of romantic relationships. Whether you are in a situationships, or nursing a heartbreak, he has some powerful quotes that will shift your perspective about love. No, they don’t offer all the answers to your worries, but surely help you to face them with a fresh pair of eyes.

“One is loved because one is loved. No reason is needed for loving.”

Paulo Coelho’s words emphasize why certain things don’t need an explanation. We live in a world where we have to justify everything. But, you certainly don’t have to do that for love. Love is its own reason.

“When we love, we always strive to become better than we are. When we strive to become better than we are, everything around us becomes better too.”

We don’t really fall in love, we rise in love. This is a force that calls us upwards.

“You must understand that love never keeps a man from pursuing his personal legend. If he abandons that pursuit, it’s because it wasn't true love… The love that speaks the language of the world.”

Paulo Coelho’s words stress how love and purpose can co-exist. Real love does not diminish your dreams; it only encourages you to pursue the goals.

“But love is always new. Regardless of whether we love once, twice, or a dozen times in our life, we always face a brand-new situation. Love can consign us to hell or to paradise, but it always takes us somewhere. We simply have to accept it, because it is what nourishes our existence. If we reject it, we die of hunger, because we lack the courage to stretch out a hand and pluck the fruit from the branches of the tree of life. We have to take love where we find it, even if that means hours, days, weeks of disappointment and sadness.”

If you think you can be immune to the uncertainties of romance, ‘given your experience’, here’s the truth. You aren’t. One can never predict what the future holds.

“When someone leaves, it’s because someone else is about to arrive.”

That’s right. Never say never. Never consider endings as a punishment. In fact, they are signs of the universe reorganizing itself on your behalf.

“Love is an untamed force. When we try to control it, it destroys us. When we try to imprison it, it enslaves us. When we try to understand it, it leaves us feeling lost and confused.”

You can never control it. Love never goes according to anyone’s plan.

“My heart might be bruised, but it will recover and become capable of seeing the beauty of life once more. It's happened before, it will happen again, I'm sure. I'll find love again.”

Nothing is constant. Not even your heartbreak. You will fall in love, yet again. You will smile again. You will experience the butterflies in your stomach again. The end is just the beginning. For now, hold on to that thought.