Paulo Coelho Quotes

I'm actually quite self-sufficient, so it might look as if there isn't room for anyone in my life. That isn't entirely the case.

When you're in New York, there's women galore. At the end of the day, when I'm by myself or even, at times, when there was a woman next to me, I was feeling alone. It was not the same as it is with my wife. The experience is not the same; the time is not the same.

Marriage is the only thing that affords a woman the pleasure of company and the perfect sensation of solitude at the same time.

When I was young, I liked romance. But to me, romance is the opposite of domestic life. I just don't want anyone in the apartment, not for longer than a few hours.

It's not so," I said. "And how long do you think it will sustain you, feeling and seeing and touching and tasting, if there is no love? No one with you?

This was what happened after you'd been together with someone a long time. You loved that it was old and worn and comfy, but sometimes it was old and worn and comfy.

I've got a dream lover, so I don't have to dream alone.

We perceive when love begins and when it declines by our embarrassment when alone together.

Having people I love around me - friends and family - is great, but I don't necessarily need a relationship.

I find running life quite hard, and I like sharing that. Obviously, the companionship, being loved and loving, is fantastic. But I don't feel that I couldn't live without a boyfriend or lover or husband.

I love people. I hate to be by myself.

When I get into bed at night, I hope I don't get into it alone!

I think love has something to do with allowing a person you claim to love to enter a larger arena than the one you create for them.

I know what men want. Men want to be really, really close to someone who will leave them alone.

I was alone for five years. Having a love is a gigantic bonus in life, but I wasn't unhappy when I was single, either.

I want a man in my life, not in my house.

I had three chairs in my house; one for solitude, two for friendship, three for society.

Often, marriage was solitude, with company.

I've never really lived with somebody. Only for very brief periods. I learned I'm not a good roommate. I'm better off when we visit each other. I like the mystery.

In married life three is company and two none.

You don't want to see me all the time. You get bored.

Going through life solo isn't very exciting if you can't share it with somebody, you know?

To a shameful extent, the charm of marriage boils down to how unpleasant it is to be alone.

Yves Saint Laurent didn't have friends. He loved nobody. He was intimate with nobody.

I think there is a price to being alone, and there is a price to being in a relationship. It all depends on which price you want to pay - but none of them are free.