“Fools talk, cowards are silent, wise men listen.”
― The Shadow of the Wind
― The Shadow of the Wind
“Every book, every volume you see here, has a soul. The soul of the person who wrote it and of those who read it and lived and dreamed with it. Every time a book changes hands, every time someone runs his eyes down its pages, its spirit grows and strengthens.”
― The Shadow of the Wind
― The Shadow of the Wind
“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
“If you really want to possess a woman, you must think like her, and the first thing to do is win over her soul. The rest, that sweet, soft wrapping that steals away your senses and your virtue, is a bonus.”
― The Shadow of the Wind
― The Shadow of the Wind
“Just because you can read, write and do a little math, doesn't mean that you're entitled to conquer the universe.”
― Hocus Pocus
― Hocus Pocus
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