The most despicable humans are the ones who always feel virtuous and look down on the rest of the world.

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.

Sometimes feeling and thinking are one and the same.

She wore an ivory-white dress and held the world in her eyes. I barely remember the priest's words or the faces of the guests, full of hope, who filled the church on that March morning. All that remains in my memory is the touch of her lips and, when I half opened my eyes, the secret oath I carried with me and would remember all the days of my life.

Julian once wrote that coincidences are the scars of fate. There are no coincidences, Daniel. We are puppets of our subconscious desires.

We spend a good part of our lives dreaming, especially when we're awake.

Money is like any other virus: once it has rotted the soul of the person who houses it, it sets off in search of new blood.