As it unfolded, the structure of the story began to remind me of one of those Russian dolls that contain innumerable ever-smaller dolls within. Step by step the narrative split into a thousand stories, as if it had entered a gallery of mirrors, its identity fragmented into endless reflections.
Carlos Ruiz ZafonNobody knows much about women, not even Freud, not even women themselves. But it's like electricity: you don't need to know how it works to get a shock on the fingers.
Carlos Ruiz ZafonContrary to what you believe, the earth does not revolve around the desires of your crotch.
Carlos Ruiz ZafonThat's what happens when people reach old age; nobody remembers they've been bastards too.
Carlos Ruiz ZafonI've always thought that anyone who needs to join a herd so badly must be a bit of a sheep himself.
Carlos Ruiz Zafon