Most of us have the good or bad fortune of seeing our lives... - Carlos Ruiz Zafón, The Shadow of the Wind

"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."

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

"A story is a letter that the author writes to himself, to tell himself things that he would be unable to discover otherwise."

"There are few reasons for telling the truth, but for lying the number is infinite."

"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."