People talk too much. Humans aren't descended from monkeys.... - Carlos Ruiz Zafón, The Shadow of the Wind

"Most of us have the good or bad fortune of seeing our lives fall apart so slowly we barely notice."

"Books are mirrors: you only see in them what you already have inside you."

"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."

"One loves truly only once in a lifetime, Julian, even if one isn’t aware of it."

"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."