Profoundly Beautiful Quotes from “Brida” by Paulo Coelho
Ever thought about finding your soulmate? “Brida” by Paulo Coelho is a story all about that journey.
Brida, the main character, wants to understand love and find her soulmate. She’s curious and ready to learn. But things get tricky. She loves two people: her boyfriend and her teacher. Can you imagine loving two people at once? A witch in the story says you’ll know your soulmate by seeing a ‘light’ in their eyes. Brida sees this light in both of them.
Brida spends the whole story trying to figure this out. She’s confused and doesn’t know what to do.
Finally, after talking with her mom, Brida gets it. Sometimes, even if someone is your soulmate, you’re not meant to be with them in this life.
It’s a sad but important lesson.
Brida realizes her romance with her teacher was meant to be short. They share a special moment, and she promises to always remember him. Maybe they’ll be together in another life.
After saying goodbye, Brida goes back to her first love. It’s a touching story about love and making hard choices.
“Brida” makes you think about love and soulmates in a new way.
What do you think about the idea that soulmates might not always end up together?
It’s pretty thought-provoking, right?
Here are some profoundly beautiful quotes from this book that teach us about love.
The Beauty of Letting Go
“People give flowers as present because flowers contain true meaning of love. Anyone who tries to posses a flower will have to watch its beauty fading. But if you simply look at a flower in the field, you’ll keep it forever. That is what the forest taught me. That you will never be mine, and that is why i will never lose you.”
True love flourishes when we appreciate and cherish it without trying to control or possess it. Just as a flower remains beautiful when left in its natural state, love stays pure and enduring when we let it be.
Love Is a Powerful Tool to Understand This Universe
“When you’re in love, you’re capable of learning everything and knowing things you had never dared even to think, because love is the key to understanding of all the the mysteries.”
Love opens up new realms of understanding and learning. When we are in love, we become more open-minded and willing to explore ideas and concepts we previously never considered. There is enthusiasm in love. Love acts as a powerful motivator, driving us to expand our horizons and comprehend the deeper mysteries of life.
Real Freedoms Comes From Commitment
“Choosing a path meant having to miss out on others. She had a whole life to live, and she was always thinking that, in the future, she might regret the choices she made now. “I’m afraid of committing myself,” she thought to herself. She wanted to follow all possible paths and so ended up following none. Even in that most important area of her life, love, she had failed to commit herself. After her first romantic disappointment, she had never again given herself entirely. She feared pan, loss, and separation. These things were inevitable on the path to love, and the only way of avoiding them was by deciding not to take that path at all. In order not to suffer, you had to renounce love. It was like putting out your own eyes not to see the bad things in life.”
This quote highlights how the fear of making choices and committing can prevent us from truly living. By trying to keep all options open and avoiding potential pain, we end up experiencing nothing fully, especially in love. It’s like blinding ourselves to avoid seeing anything bad, which also means we miss out on the good. True freedom comes from committing to something meaningful rather than being scattered among endless possibilities.
Finding Truth in Imperfection
“Nothing in the world is ever completely wrong. Even a stopped clock is right twice a day.”
This quote tells that even in situations where something seems entirely wrong or broken, there’s still a possibility of truth or correctness. Like a stopped clock that shows the correct time twice a day, even flawed or broken things can have moments of accuracy or validity. It’s a reminder to look for the silver lining and recognize that even in the midst of imperfection, there can be glimpses of truth or correctness. Remember there is old German proverb: “The devil is in the detail”.
Missing Out Because of Fear
“How much I missed, simply because I was afraid of missing it.”
This quote captures the paradox of missing out on life experiences because of the fear of missing them. It’s a simple yet powerful reflection on how fear can ironically prevent us from fully engaging with life’s opportunities.
Courage in Love
“But how will I know who my Soulmate is?” Brida felt that this was one of the most important questions she had ever asked in her life.
By taking risks’ she said to Brida. ‘ By risking failure, disappointment, disillusion, but never ceasing in you search for Love. As long as you keep looking, you will triumph in the end.”
Brida’s question about finding her soulmate leads to an important lesson: the need to take risks in love. Despite the possibility of failure, the message is clear: keep searching for love. By staying resilient, even in the face of disappointment, love can be found.
The Beautiful Explanation of Love
“You were my hope during my days of loneliness, my anxiety during moments of doubt, my certainty during moments of faith.”
This quote beautifully expresses the role of someone special in providing solace during lonely times, reassurance during moments of uncertainty, and strength during times of belief. Isn’t it remarkable how love can serve as our unwavering support through it all?
Embracing the Unattainable
“No one can posses an afternoon of rain beating against the window, or the serenity of a sleeping child, or the magical moment when the waves break on the rocks. No one can posses the beautiful things of this Earth, but we can know them and love them. It is through such moments that God reveals himself to mankind.”
Sometimes certain aspects of life are not meant to be possessed but observed. The idea is that fate plays a role in what we can and cannot own. By acknowledging this, we learn to appreciate these moments without trying to control or own them. It suggests that by accepting the limits of our influence, we find peace in simply experiencing the beauty around us.
