# Quote — Paulo Coelho, Aleph

> Whenever I refused to follow my fate, something very hard to bear would happen in my life. Tragedy always brings about radical change in our lives, a change that is associated with the same principle: loss. When faced by any loss, there’s no point in trying to recover what has been; it’s best to take advantage of the large space that opens up before us and fill it with something new.

- Author: [Paulo Coelho](https://www.leafyquotes.com/paulo-coelho.md)
- Book: [Aleph](https://www.leafyquotes.com/paulo-coelho/aleph.md)
- Source: [Wikiquote](https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Paulo_Coelho#Aleph_(2011)) ([CC BY-SA 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/))
- Quote page: https://www.leafyquotes.com/paulo-coelho/aleph/whenever-i-refused

## More from this book

> I forgive the anger and the cruelty,

[Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/paulo-coelho/aleph/i-forgive-the-anger.md)

> I love you like a river that begins as a solitary trickle in the mountains and gradually grows and joins other rivers until, after a certain point, it can flow around any obstacle in order to get where it wants.

[Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/paulo-coelho/aleph/i-love-you-like-a.md)

> I forgive the stillborn hopes,

[Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/paulo-coelho/aleph/i-forgive-the-stillborn.md)