The Cemetery of Forgotten Books is like the greatest, most fantastic library you could ever imagine. Its a labyrinth of books with tunnels, bridges, arches, secret sections - and its hidden inside an old palace in the old city of Barcelona.

Poetry is written with tears, fiction with blood, and history with invisible ink.

If you really want to possess a woman, you must think like her, and the first thing to do is win over her soul. The rest, that sweet, soft wrapping that steals away your senses and your virtue, is a bonus.

People talk too much. Humans aren't descended from monkeys. They come from parrots.

Sometimes, in difficult circumstances, one can confuse compassion with love.

[H]e lay awake, dreading the dawn when he would have to say good-bye to the small universe he had built for himself over the years.

Destiny doesn't do home visits... you have to go for it yourself.