The world's very small when you don't have anywhere to go.

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.

When you are lost in the right way, you don't go back to being found in the wrong way.

Projecting yourself until everything is talking about you is, of course, a self-flattering form of self-pity

All failures are so because they lack social interest.

To me, I'm always trying to look for the energy, to imagine in being played on the dance floor. I guess that's the most important thing in making music for me.

If they say I am inconsistent let them say it, for it is true, because inconsistency is a part of living

As uncommon a thing as true love is, it is yet easier to find than true friendship.

The fact is that the intrinsic worth of the book, play or whatever the author is trying to sell is the least, last factor in the the whole transaction.

On the throne, one has many worries; and remorse is the one that weighs the least.

The universe corresponds to the nature of your song.

My training was based on concentration, and it's impossible to cheat when you are concentrated