One loves truly only once in a lifetime, Julian, even if one... - Carlos Ruiz Zafón, The Shadow of the Wind

"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 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."

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

"Every book, every volume you see here, has a soul. The soul of the person who wrote it and of those who read it and lived and dreamed with it. Every time a book changes hands, every time someone runs his eyes down its pages, its spirit grows and strengthens."

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