There are few reasons for telling the truth, but for lying t... - Carlos Ruiz Zafón, The Shadow of the Wind

"One of the pitfalls of childhood is that one doesn't have to understand something to feel it. By the time the mind is able to comprehend what has happened, the wounds of the heart are already too deep."

"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."

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

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

"Few things are more deceptive than memories."