Nobody had noticed, nobody had paid attention, but, as usual, the essential part of the matter had been settled before the story had begun, and by then it was too late.

The wider the author's arsenal of tools and the better technically equipped the storyteller is, the better the tale will be.

Coincidences are the scars of fate.

That book taught me that by reading, I could live more intensely. It could give me back the sight I had lost. For that reason alone, a book that didn't matter to anyone changed my life.

We think we understand a song's lyrics but what makes us believe in them, or not, is the music

It's curious how easy it is to tell a piece of paper what you don't dare say to someone's face.

I still remember the day my father took me to the Cemetery of Forgotten Books for the first time.