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.

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

I leafed through the pages, inhaling the enchanted scent of promise that comes with all new books, and stopped to read the start of a sentence that caught my eye.

Time has taught me not to lose hope, yet not to trust too much in hope either.

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.

You don't win a game by hitting the ball out of the court.

None of us are what we once were.