... deep down nobody is bad, only frightened.

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.

If women are given the same honor and dignity in society as the men, they will run the society way better than men.

Forgiveness comes later in life, after you've created enough disasters of your own.

Innards came out crossed and complex, like a tumble of plus and minus signs--the equation of human life.

Nothing can compare to the feeling evoked by turning the page in a great book.

Mental fight means thinking against the current, not with it. It is our business to puncture gas bags and discover the seeds of truth.

I asked a French critic a couple of years ago why my books did so well in France. He said it was because in my novels people both act and think. I got a kick out of that.

And it's not a finger-pointing issue to me; I take as much responsibility as I can. It was more just me not really knowing what I wanted to do and how to get it done.

Some coaches spend their time trying to get an overview of all eleven defenders. I prefer to zero in on one guy at a time to get the right clue.

We should not live one more day ignoring the sh** that suffocates and strangles US keeping US imprisoned in our own communities.

We are thinking beings, and we cannot exclude the intellect from participating in any of our functions.