Wine turns the wise man into a fool and the fool into a wise man.

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.

Healing doesn’t mean forgetting or making the memories insignificant. Healing means refocusing

Most things may never happen: this one will.

I've never seen beauty so devastatingas in the linesthat trace our hopeand fall from the stars.

Whatever liberates our spirit without giving us mastery over ourselves is destructive.

Time is the measurer of all things, but is itself immeasurable, and the grand discloser of all things, but is itself undisclosed.

When you identify yourself with a group of people or a set of ideas, aren't you separating yourself?

I'm planning a catastrophe.

Nothing is more natural to me than horror.

Six weeks is a long time to wait, and a still longer time for a girl to keep a secret.

Without U.S. troops, Afghanistan, like Iraq, could descend into chaos.