It tasted like the moment before night gives birth to morning; it was the end of one thing and the beginning of something else all wrapped up together.
“It tasted like the moment before night gives birth to morning; it was the end of one thing and the beginning of something else all wrapped up together.”
― Caraval
― Caraval
“The female heart is a labyrinth of subtleties, too challenging for the uncouth mind of the male racketeer. If you really want to possess a woman, you must think like her, and the first thing to do is to 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
“A book, too, can be a star, a living fire to lighten the darkness, leading out into the expanding universe.”
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“I got the feeling that Julián was living in the past, locked in his memories. Julián lived within himself, for his books and inside them—a comfortable prison of his own design.” “You say this as if you envied him.” “There are worse prisons than words, Daniel.”
― The Shadow of the Wind
― The Shadow of the Wind
“The words with which a child’s heart is poisoned, 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
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