Those were the words she wanted to hear and she finally surrendered to the temptation of believing them.

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.

I would rather live short and right then long and wrong.

It is always now

I feel that whoever isn't feeling settled in their career won't think about their marriage.

Do not attempt too much at once.

True love is visible not to the eyes but to the heart, for eyes may be deceived.

People disagreeing everywhere you look makes you wanna stop and read a book.

We should not so much esteem our poverty as a misfortune, were it not that the world treats it so much as a crime

I think if someone could demonstrate to me that fiction did no good, I would still do it, because I think it does good for me.

With 48 million subscribers through Xbox Live (silver and gold), Microsoft has a bigger audience than DirecTV.

Two hours of writing fiction leaves this writer completely drained. For those two hours he has been in a different place with totally different people.