Few things are more deceptive than memories. - Carlos Ruiz Zafón, The Shadow of the Wind

"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."

"Remember me, even if it's only in a corner and secretly. Don't let me go."

"I was raised among books, making invisible friends in pages that seemed cast from dust and whose smell I carry on my hands to this day."

"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."