Paulo Coelho book Eleven Minutes
Variant: I can choose either to be a victim of the world or an adventurer in search of treasure. It's all a question of how I view my life.
Source: Eleven Minutes (2003), p. 37.
“There is more treasure in books than in all the pirates' loot on Treasure Island and at the bottom of the Spanish Main… and best of all, you can enjoy these riches every day of your life.”
As quoted in Peter's Quotations : Ideas for Our Time (1977) by Laurence J. Peter
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