“Once, in my father's bookshop, I heard a regular customer say that few things leave a deeper mark on a reader than the first book that finds its way into his heart. Those first images, the echo of words we think we have left behind, accompany us throughout our lives and sculpt a palace in our memory to which, sooner or later—no matter how many books we read, how many worlds we discover, or how much we learn or forget—we will return.”
― The Shadow of the Wind
― The Shadow of the Wind
“There is a law written in the darkest of the Books of Life, and it is this: If you look at a thing nine hundred and ninety-nine times, you are perfectly safe; if you look at it the thousandth time, you are in frightful danger of seeing it for the first time.”
― The Napoleon of Notting Hill
― The Napoleon of Notting Hill
“Love is so painful, how could you ever wish it on anybody? And love is so essential, how could you ever stand in its way?”
― Two Boys Kissing
― Two Boys Kissing
“please believe that things are good with me, and even when they're not, they will be soon enough. And i will always believe the same about you.”
― The Perks of Being a Wallflower
― The Perks of Being a Wallflower
“You become responsible, forever, for what you have tamed.”
― The Little Prince
― The Little Prince
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