“One of the pitfalls of childhood is that one doesn't have to understand something to feel it. By the time the mind is able to comprehend what has happened, the wounds of the heart are already too deep.”
― The Shadow of the Wind
― The Shadow of the Wind
“There's no such thing as dead languages, only dormant minds.”
― The Shadow of the Wind
― The Shadow of the Wind
“The words with which a child’s heart is poisoned, whether through malice or through ignorance, remain branded in his memory, and sooner or later they burn his soul.”
― The Shadow of the Wind
― The Shadow of the Wind
“People talk too much. Humans aren't descended from monkeys. They come from parrots.”
― The Shadow of the Wind
― The Shadow of the Wind
“Even castles in the sky can do with a fresh coat of paint.”
― South of the Border, West of the Sun
― South of the Border, West of the Sun
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