Carlos Ruiz Zafón, The Shadow of the Wind

"One of the pitfalls of childhood is that one doesn't have to understand something to feel it. By the time the mind is able to comprehend what has happened, the wounds of the heart are already too deep."

"After a while it occurred to me that between the covers of each of those books lay a boundless universe waiting to be discovered while beyond those walls, in the outside world, people allowed life to pass by in afternoons of football and radio soaps, content to do little more than gaze at their navels."

"I still remember the day my father took me to the Cemetery of Forgotten Books for the first time."

"People talk too much. Humans aren't descended from monkeys. They come from parrots."

"There are no second chances in life, except to feel remorse."