Resentment slowly poisoned my blood and I laughed at myself and my absurd hopes.

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.

Power, wrongly used, defeats the oppressor as well as the oppressed.

Listen to what you have written. A dud rhythm in a passage of dialogue may show that you don't yet understand the characters well enough to write in their vo

We aren't quite sure what we're trying to differentiate, and therefore can't quite see how to do it other than giving some students more to cover and some less. That rarely works.

The more wild and incredible your desire, the more willing and prompt God is in fulfilling it, if you will have it so.

We betray ourselves into smallness when we think the little choices of each day are trivial.

Profits on the exchange are the treasures of goblins.

Remembering now all those farewells (fake farewells, worked-up farewells), Irena thinks: a person who messes up her goodbyes shouldn’t expect much from her re-unions.

God hears no more than the heart speaks; and if the heart be dumb, God will certainly be deaf.

Covering discretion with a coat of folly.

Clothing doesn’t lie, it shows everything.