... , listening to the storm outside as it left the city, knowing that I was going to lose her but also knowing that, for a few minutes, we had belonged to one another, and to nobody else.

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

Never trust girls who let themselves be touched right away. But even less those who need a priest for approval.

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

Human beings believe just as they breathe - in order to survive.

Some like to believe it's the book that chooses the person.

This cures everything except stupidity, which is an epidemic on the rise.