I tried to swallow his nonsense without choking.

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.

Christian art today should be twentieth-century art.

Africa PRODUCES what it does NOT CONSUME and CONSUMES what it does NOT PRODUCE.

Don't only dream it, live in it.

I like to think I'm helping them by hating them. I'm reminding them that they aren't God's gift to humankind.

It made my blood boil so hot, my brain stopped working right.

To speak from a particular place and time is not provincialism but part of a writer's identity.

We Communists are like seeds and the people are like the soil. Wherever we go, we must unite with the people, take root and blossom among them.

In the end indignation over kitsch is anger at tis shameless revelling in the joy of imitation.

I am afraid of people because they want me to lead the same kind of life as they do. They want me to dance jolly and cheerful things. I do not like jollity. I love life.

We shall never understand peace, justice and the living of life until we recognize that all people are human and that humans are the most precious things on earth.