Whoever said that childhood is the happiest time of your life is a liar, or a fool.

Death does that: it makes everyone feel sentimental. When we stand in front of a coffin, we all see only what is good or what we want to see.

In principle I'm an atheist, although in fact I have a lot of faith

I was aware of the risks I was taking, but I did'nt care.

Few things leave a deeper mark on the reader, than the first book that finds its way to his heart.

Driven by a wish to save Tomás from a life of penury and misunderstanding, Fermin had decided that he needed to develop my friend's latent conversational and social skills. Like the good ape he is, man is a social animal, characterized by cronyism, nepotism, corruption, and gossip. That's the intrinsic blueprint for our ethical behavior.

He lost himself in the words and images conjured in his mind and for a while forgot ... He found himself flying among stars and planets.