Ahalya Karunakaran

“Being human means having doubts and yet still continuing on your path.”
― Paulo Coelho, Brida

“I deserve this,” she thought. She deserved the pain and the punishment. She deserved death.
Ever since she was a child, she had refused to fight–she didn't believe that she was capable of it.
She accepted everything from others, suffered in silence the injustices to which she fell victim.
She wanted everyone to see that she was a good girl. That she was sensitive in her heart, and able to help everyone. She wanted to be liked at any cost. God had given her a good life, and she had not been able to make use of it. Instead, she begged that others love her, lived her life as others wanted her to, all in order to show that she was kindhearted and able to please everyone”
― Paulo Coelho, The Valkyries

“Damen, seriously, you must know I don't love you because you're immortal, I love you because you're you.”
― Alyson Noel, Everlasting

“so you , too , must learn to bear certain pains and sorrows, because they will make you a better person”
― Paulo Coelho, Like the Flowing River