A story is a letter that the author writes to himself, to te... - Carlos Ruiz Zafón, The Shadow of the Wind
"A story is a letter that the author writes to himself, to tell himself things that he would be unable to discover otherwise."
"A story is a letter that the author writes to himself, to tell himself things that he would be unable to discover otherwise."
"I still remember the day my father took me to the Cemetery of Forgotten Books for the first time."
"Man...heats up like a lightbulb: red hot in the twinkling of an eye and cold again in a flash. The female, on the other hand...heats up like an iron. Slowly, over a low heat, like tasty stew. But then, once she has heated up, there's no stopping her."
"People talk too much. Humans aren't descended from monkeys. They come from parrots."
"Few things are more deceptive than memories."
"Most of us have the good or bad fortune of seeing our lives fall apart so slowly we barely notice."