I leafed through the pages, inhaling the enchanted scent of promise that comes with all new books, and stopped to read the start of a sentence that caught my eye.

Fools talk, cowards are silent, wise men listen.

somethings can only be seen in the shadows

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.

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.

For the soul, understand, is itself the whole world.

A bird in a nest is secure, but that is not why God gave it wings.

An alcoholic is someone who can violate his standards faster than he can lower them.

Decisions can only be reached in Europe if France and Germany agree.

He who would not be frustrate of his hope to write well hereafter in laudable things ought himself to be a true poem.

I'm gonna be the first hip-hop designer and because of that, I'm gonna be bigger than Walmart.

Nobody's a criminal to himself. I never play a criminal like a bad person.

Fans have been very important in my career. Even though I'm just doing me and doing my thing, they're the captains of this ship.

If I lost control of the business I'd lose myself - or at least the ability to be myself. Owning myself is a way to be myself.

One of the saddest things is that the only thing that a man can do for eight hours a day, day after day, is work. You can't eat...nor make love for eight hours...