somethings can only be seen in the shadows

Fools talk, cowards are silent, wise men listen.

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 one feels freer speaking to a stranger than to people one knows. Why is that?" “Probably because a stranger sees us the way we are, not as he wishes to think we are.

It is not the success, but it is the failures that make us stronger and more resilient.

You are known by the thoughts you seed.

War sounds romantic, heroic even, until everyone you know starts dying.

Nor ear can hear nor tongue can tell The tortures of that inward hell.

You can pick captains, but you can't pick leaders. Whoever controls the locker room controls the team

Nature is none other than God in all things. Animals and plants are living effects of Nature; Whence all of God is in all things.

The first condition of nonviolence is justice all round, in every department of life.

The more I've walked through tough times, the stronger I've become.

A good sculpture can be rolled downhill without breaking.

I find I have, and a heart doesn’t suit me, Windermere. Somehow it doesn’t go with modern dress. It makes one look old.