"If you really want to possess a woman, you must think like her, and the first thing to do is win over her soul. The rest, that sweet, soft wrapping that steals away your senses and your virtue, is a bonus."
"Books are mirrors: you only see in them what you already have inside you."
"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."
"Few things are more deceptive than memories."
"I still remember the day my father took me to the Cemetery of Forgotten Books for the first time."
"In the shop we buy and sell them, but in truth books have no owner. Every book you see here has been somebody’s best friend."