It is impossible to survive in a prolonged state of reality.

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.

Every time a book changes hands, every time someone runs his eyes down its pages, its spirit grows and strengthens.

Julian spoke with the clear, unequivocal lucidity of madmen who have escaped the hypocrisy of having to abide by a reality that makes no sense.

Human beings believe just as they breathe - in order to survive.

We spend a good part of our lives dreaming, especially when we're awake.

He was a very private person, and sometimes it seemed to me that he was no longer interested in the world or in other people... I got the feeling that Julián was living in the past, locked in his memories. Julián lived within himself, for his books and inside them - a comfortable prison of his own design." "You say this as if you envied him." "There are worse prisons than words.