A man must have vices, expensive ones if possible. Otherwise when he reaches old age he will have nothing to be redeemed from.

Literature, at least good literature, is science tempered with the blood of art. Like architecture or music.

Martin, at my age, eroticism is reduced to enjoying caramel custard and looking at widows' necks.' - Senor Sempere.

Memories are worse than bullets.

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.

Never trust anyone, Daniel, especially the people you admire. Those are the ones who will make you suffer the worst blows.

The most despicable humans are the ones who always feel virtuous and look down on the rest of the world.