It’s a story of love, of hatred, and of the dreams that live in the shadow of the wind.
Carlos Ruiz ZafonMaking money isn't hard in itself... What's hard is to earn it doing something worth devoting one's life to.
Carlos Ruiz ZafonMaturity is simply the process of discovering that everything you believed in when you were young is false and that all the things you refused to believe in turn out to be true.
Carlos Ruiz ZafonTime goes faster the more hollow it is. Lives with no meaning go straight past you, like trains that don’t stop at your station.
Carlos Ruiz ZafonThe fact is that nothing is more difficult to believe than the truth; conversely, nothing seduces like the power of lies, the greater the better. It's only natural, and you will have to find the right balance. Having said that, let me add that this particular old woman hasn't been collecting only years; she has also collected stories, and none sadder or more terrible than the one she's about to tell you. You have been at the heart of this story without knowing it until today.
Carlos Ruiz Zafon