A book is a mirror that offers us only what we already carry inside us.

The most efficient way of rendering the poor harmless is to teach them to want to imitate the rich.

Time goes faster the more hollow it is. Lives with no meaning go straight past you, like trains that don’t stop at your station.

It was a well-known fact that the richness of buttery foods led to the moral ruin and confusion of the intellect.

somethings can only be seen in the shadows

The haunting of history is ever present in Barcelona. I see cities as organisms, as living creatures. To me, Madrid is a man and Barcelona is a woman. And its a woman whos extremely vain.

Remember me, even if it's only in a corner and secretly. Don't let me go.