I was secretly convinced that with such a marvel one would be able to write anything, from novels to encyclopedias, and letters whose supernatural power would surpass any postal limitations--a letter written with that pen would reach the most remote corners of the world, even that unknowable place to which my father said my mother had gone and from where she would never return.

The rain was still crashing down, angrily machine-gunning the large windows; it poured through the gutters up in the tower and funneled along the flat roof, sounding like footsteps on the ceiling.

We are willing to believe anything other than the truth.

The greatest multiplex in the universe is inside your mind, and the only ticket you need is a good, well-written novel.

I swim against the tide because I like to annoy.

I could tell you it's the heart, but what is really killing him is loneliness. Memories are worse than bullets.

There are two things in life you cannot choose. The first is your enemies; the second your family. Sometimes the difference between them is hard to see, but in the end time will show you that the cards you have been dealt could always have been worse.