10 Best Quotes From “Veronica Decides To Die”
Death is the only isle of certainty in the uncertain waters of life. No matter where life takes us, death delivers everyone to the same fate. The harder part of life is living while knowing that death lurks everywhere around us. We can hide this feeling by burying ourselves with routine, but that was not the case with Veronica.
Paulo Coelho’s rendition of a young woman who feels like she’s lived enough, only to realize that she did not “live” at all, is a perfect inspiration for readers. It is very easy to miss out on things, ignore blessings, and leave doors unopened. Life is an opportunity to explore, to find love, and cherish it, to make new goals every day, and to live each day as if it were your last.
The Brazilian author perfectly portrays the struggle of the unwary girl to live on, against all odds, when she finds a reason to. I was gripped by the stunning narrative and learned a great deal from the book. Here are my picks for the top ten learning moments from Veronica Decides to Die:
- “People never learn anything by being told, they have to find out for themselves.”
- “You have two choices, to control your mind or to let your mind control you.”
- “Nothing in this world happens by chance.”
- “Stop thinking all the time that you’re in the way, that you’re bothering the person next to you. If people don’t like it, they can complain. And if they don’t have the courage to complain, that’s their problem.”
- “Collective madness is called sanity…”
- “I want to continue being crazy; living my life the way I dream it, and not the way the other people want it to be.”
- “Be like the fountain that overflows, not like the cistern that merely contains.”
- “Many people don’t allow themselves to love…because there are a lot of things at risk a lot of future and a lot of past.”
- “Death frees from the fear of dying.”
- “The danger of an adventure is worth a thousand days of ease and comfort.”
Bottom Line
The book endorses “craziness” or acting on your instincts. So what if you make mistakes, if you’re not like the rest, or if you can’t do things a certain way? Are we all meant to be alike? Who doesn’t make mistakes, who has never made a fool out of themselves?
Should we stay caged out of the fear of doing something stupid? It is having the courage to accept your uniqueness and living with it that counts. In the end, nothing else will matter but a life unlived. Live your life, you deserve it, and give this book a read, you won’t regret it.