“You remain the hero of your own story even when you become the villain of someone else's.”
― The Tsar of Love and Techno
― The Tsar of Love and Techno
“One could be happy not only without love, but despite it.”
― Love in the Time of Cholera
― Love in the Time of Cholera
“A great sorrow, and one that I am only beginning to understand: we don’t get to choose our own hearts. We can’t make ourselves want what’s good for us or what’s good for other people. We don’t get to choose the people we are.”
― The Goldfinch
― The Goldfinch
“No one described him better than he did when someone accused him of being rich.
“No, not rich,” he said. “I am a poor man with money, which is not the same thing.”
― Love in the Time of Cholera
“No, not rich,” he said. “I am a poor man with money, which is not the same thing.”
― Love in the Time of Cholera
“Books are mirrors: you only see in them what you already have inside you.”
― The Shadow of the Wind
― The Shadow of the Wind
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