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

"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."

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

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

"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."