Nothing is fair. The most one can hope is for things to be logical. Justice is a rare illness in a world that is otherwise a picture of health.

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.

The secret of life, though, is to fall seven times and to get up eight times.

...What's more, I live in Berkeley, California. If princesses had infiltrated OUR little retro hippie hamlet, imagine what was going on places where women actually shaved their legs!

God's breath is like a fresh wind that renews us. Frail and weak as we are, we have hope. We find healing.

The great difference between voyages rests not with the ships, but with the people you meet on them.

Not only is he ambidextrous, but he can throw with either hand.

The simulacrum is never that which conceals the truth--it is the truth which conceals that there is none. The simulacrum is true.

Masturbation is nothing to be ashamed of. It's nothing to be particularly proud of, either.

Casting is everything. Getting the person that you imagined is this character and then seeing what they bring to it.

The best critic needn't be right, just interesting.

One pound invested for five years gives the same result as five pounds invested for one year, the product being five pound years.