Barcelona is a very old city in which you can feel the weight of history; it is haunted by history. You cannot walk around it without perceiving it.

Fools talk, cowards are silent, wise men listen.

somethings can only be seen in the shadows

All true stories begin and end in a cemetery" - The Shadow of the Wind

Every labyrinth has its minotaur

The haunting of history is ever present in Barcelona. I see cities as organisms, as living creatures. To me, Madrid is a man and Barcelona is a woman. And its a woman whos extremely vain.

A good liar knows that the most efficient lie is always a truth that has had a key piece removed from it.

Waiting is the rust of the soul.

Sometimes we think people are like lottery tickets, that they're there to make our most absurd dreams come true.

One mustn't dream of one's future; one must earn it.

. . .sometimes one feels freer speaking to a stranger than to people one knows. Why is that?" “Probably because a stranger sees us the way we are, not as he wishes to think we are.

Courage is resistance to fear mastery of fear-not absence of fear.

The dullest Olympic sport is curling, whatever 'curling' means.

I was a born troublemaker and might as well earn a living at it.

If he'd been English or Swedish, he'd have walked the England job.

There was an Old Man of Messina, Whose daughter was named Opsibeena; She wore a small wig, and rode out on a pig, To the perfect delight of Messina.

You can make yourself happy.

God will always bring the right people into your life, but you have to let the wrong people walk away.

Being in love also means learning not to say anything until she's had coffee.

Never be impressed with charisma. Look for character.

I gave out stars whenever an appropriate situation presented itself.