Once upon a time, there was a prostitute called Maria. Wait a minute. "Once upon a time" is … - Paulo Coelho

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God listens to our weeping when the occasion itself is beyond our knowledge, but still within His love and power.

Paulo Coelho

Once upon a time, there was a prostitute called Maria. Wait a minute. "Once upon a time" is how all the best children's stories begin, and "prostitute" is a word for adults. How can I start a book with this apparent contradiction? But since, at every moment of our lives, we all have one foot in a fairy tale and the other in the abyss, let's keep that beginning.

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