But in good time you'll see that sometimes what matters isn't what one gives but what one gives up.

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

Army, Marriage, the Church, and Baking: the Four Horseman of the Apocalypse. Fermin Romero de Torres - The Shadow of the Wind.

Driven by a wish to save Tomás from a life of penury and misunderstanding, Fermin had decided that he needed to develop my friend's latent conversational and social skills. Like the good ape he is, man is a social animal, characterized by cronyism, nepotism, corruption, and gossip. That's the intrinsic blueprint for our ethical behavior.

It’s a story of love, of hatred, and of the dreams that live in the shadow of the wind.

Every labyrinth has its minotaur

The truth is what hurts