Carlos Ruiz Zafón, The Angel's Game

"Nothing important is learned; it is simply remembered."

"Every work of art is aggressive, Isabella. And every artist's life is a small war or a large one, beginning with oneself and one's limitations. To achieve anything you must first have ambition and then talent, knowledge, and finally the opportunity."

"Every book has a soul, the soul of the person who wrote it and the soul of those who read it and dream about it."

"We all give up great expectations along the way."

"I can't die yet, doctor. Not yet. I have things to do. Afterwords I'll have a whole lifetime in which to die."

"We all give up great expectations along the way."