Once, in my father's bookshop, I heard a regular customer say that few things leave a deeper mark on a reader than the first book that finds its way into his heart. Those first images, the echo of words we think we have left behind, accompany us throughout our lives and sculpt a palace in our memory to which, sooner or laterโno matter how many books we read, how many worlds we discover, or how much we learn or forgetโwe will return.
Carlos Ruiz ZafonPeople tend to complicate their own lives, as if living weren't already complicated enough.
Carlos Ruiz ZafonEvery time a book changes hands, every time someone runs his eyes down its pages, its spirit grows and strengthens.
Carlos Ruiz ZafonIf you think youโre the only person for whom life is painful, youโre wrong. And if you donโt mind letting yourself die like a dog, at least have the decency to remember that there are those of us who do care โ although, to tell the truth, I donโt see why?
Carlos Ruiz Zafon