A Quote by Paulo Coelho

Human beings can withstand a week without water, two weeks without food, many years of homelessness, but not loneliness. It is the worst of all tortures, the worst of all sufferings.

Paulo Coelho

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Paulo Coelho
Brazilian - Novelist
Born: August 24, 1947

Loneliness is the worst of all tortures, the worst of all sufferings.

Paulo Coelho

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