People only disappear when they have somewhere 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.

Sometimes the grandest of all events are described in the poverty of a few simple words.

I was a government employee in the morning and a writer in the evening.

When you talk to a human in 2035, you'll be talking to someone that's a combination of biological and non-biological intelligence.

A newspaper, not having to act on its descriptions and reports, but only to sell them to idly curious people, has nothing but honor to lose by inaccuracy and non-veracity.

Don't assume that a species is intelligent because it produces intelligent individuals.

But we refuse to believe that the bank of justice is bankrupt. We refuse to believe that there are insufficient funds in the great vaults of opportunity of this nation.

I think space will be conquered through the mind rather than the clumsy medium of space travel.

The disciple is not hankering for knowledge; he wants to see, not to know. He wants to be. He is no longer interested in having more knowledge; he wants to have more being.

The lightly-jumping, glowrin' trouts, That thro' my waters play.

Too much freedom inhibits choice. Constructive narrowness clarifies choice.