I'm an adventurer, looking for treasure

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.

Those who never take risks can only see other people's failures.

Once someone asked me, "What do you want to be your epitaph?" So I said, "Paulo Coelho died when he was alive.

fanaticism is the only way to put an end to the doubts that constantly trouble the human soul.

Of course. My sadness has become a routine that no one notices anymore.

A warrior never gives in to fear when he is searching for what he needs. Without love, he is nothing.