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

Few things leave a deeper mark on the reader, than the first book that finds its way to his heart.

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.

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

I quarreled with every word, every phrase and expression, every image and letter as if they were the last I was ever going to write. I wrote and rewrote every line as if my life depended on it, and then rewrote it again.

One loves truly only once in a lifetime, Julian, even if one isn’t aware of it.

Whether we realise it or not, most of us define ourselves by opposing rather than by favouring something or someone. To put it another way, it is easier to react than to act.