Quote by Paulo Coelho

Passion makes a person stop eating, sleeping, working, feeling at peace. A lot of people are frightened because, when it appears, it demolishes all the old things it finds in its path. No one wants their life thrown into chaos. That is why a lot of people keep that threat under control, and are somehow capable of sustaining a house or a structure that is already rotten. They are the engineers of the superseded. Other people think exactly the opposite: they surrender themselves without a second thought, hoping to find in passion the solutions to all their problems. They make the other person responsible for their happiness and blame them for their possible unhappiness. They are either euphoric because something marvelous has happened or depressed because something unexpected has just ruined everything. Keeping passion at bay or surrendering blindly to it - which of these two attitudes is the least destructive? I don't know.

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Summary

This quote explores the dichotomy surrounding passion and how people react to its presence in their lives. On one hand, some individuals fear passion because of its ability to disrupt and destroy the stability they have built. They strive to maintain control and preserve a decaying life. On the other hand, some people embrace passion and view it as the answer to their problems. They rely on others to bring them happiness, but also hold them responsible when things go wrong. The quote raises the question of whether suppressing or surrendering to passion is the less harmful approach, leaving the answer open-ended.

By Paulo Coelho

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