I was aware of the risks I was taking, but I did'nt care.

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

When everyone is determined to present someone as a monster, there are two possibilities: either he’s a saint or they themselves are not telling the whole story.

A Gentleman's agreement cannot be broken without breaking the person who has entered into it.

She wore an ivory-white dress and held the world in her eyes. I barely remember the priest's words or the faces of the guests, full of hope, who filled the church on that March morning. All that remains in my memory is the touch of her lips and, when I half opened my eyes, the secret oath I carried with me and would remember all the days of my life.

... deep down nobody is bad, only frightened.

That's what happens when people reach old age; nobody remembers they've been bastards too.