I prefer you like this, when you're in a foul mood, because you tell the truth.

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.

Remember, the thoughts you think, along with your feelings and emotions, control your vibration. Your vibration is a magnet and everything that comes to you is steel.

Man has set for himself the goal of conquering the world but in the processes loses his soul.

Ask any human being alive if they're the same person they were seven years ago and they're going to tell you they aren't.

The teeth on [the viperfish] are so long that if they closed inside the mouth of the fish, it would actually impale its own brain.

We humans have always been resilient. With each industrial revolution, we have adapted, creating new jobs with new technologies.

I come from an Italian family. One of the greatest and most profound expressions we would ever use in conversations or arguments was a slamming door. The slamming door was our punctuation mark.

Long before they slump into poverty, great powers succumb to a poverty of ambition.

But happiness is being able to hope, however faintly, for happiness. So, at least, we must believe if we are to live in the world of today.

When people say they write for themselves, that's probably what they do. I will admit that I don't write for myself; I write to be read. I've got the reader in my mind all the time.

Good bye may seem forever. Farewell is like the end, but in my heart is the memory and there you will always be.