About the Book:

Eleven Minutes by Paulo Coelho is a book written by a Brazilian novelist Paulo Coelho. Onze Minutos is the Portuguese name of this book. It is written in 2003. That is base on the experiences of a young prostitute who belongs from Brazil. Along with her journey to self-realization from sexual experiences.

However, here are some interesting lessons learned Quotes from this book. You must read the full book to understand such realities. Don’t forget to share your feedback with us.

So, here we go with the best quotations from the book Eleven Minutes by Paulo Coelho:

“The Most Important experience a man can have are those that take him to the very limit; that is the only way we learn, because it requires all our courage.”

“We take turns. One cannot exist without the other; no one can know how to humiliate another person if they themselves have not experienced humiliation.”

“Considering the way the world is, one happy day almost a miracle.”

“No one Loses anyone, because no one owns anyone. That is the true experience of freedom: having the most important thing in the world without owning it.”

“We can have all the dreams we like, but life is hard, implacable, sad.”

“Original sin was not the apple that Eve ate, it was her belief that Adam needed to share precisely the thing she had tasted.”

“No, one wants to suffer, and yet nearly everyone seeks out pain and sacrifice.”

“Ever since we were expelled from paradise, we have either been suffering, making other people suffer or watching the suffering of others.”

“It was normal to feel jealous, although life had taught her that it was pointless thinking you could own another person- anyone who believes that is just deceiving themselves.”

“People talk as if they knew everything, but if you dare to ask a question, they don’t know anything.”

“She had spent a lot of her life saying “No” to things to Which she would have liked to say “yes”.”

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“In the search for happiness, however, we are all equal: none of us is happy.”

“Despite her apparent freedom, her life consisted of endless hours spent waiting for a miracle, for true love, for an adventure with the same romantic ending she had seen in films and read about in books.”

“It is not time that changes man, nor knowledge; the only thing that can change someone’s mind is love. What nonsense!”

“Perhaps, love really could transform someone, but despair did the job more quickly.”

“I can choose either to be a victim of the world or an adventure in search of treasure. It’s all a question of how I review my life.”

“One never knows what life may have in store for us, and it’s always good to know where the emergency exit is.”

“When it can to seductions, feelings, and contract, one should never play around.”

“Dreaming is very pleasant as long as you are not forced to put your dreams into practice.”

“I have realized that sometimes you get no second chance and that it’s best to accept the gifts the world offers you.”

“And that Love is, above all, a cause of suffering.”

“Life moves very fast. It rushes us from heaven to hell in a matter of seconds.”

“At every moment of our lives, we all have one foot in a fairy tale and the other is the abyss.”

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