Carlos Ruiz Zafón

“Books are mirrors: you only see in them what you already have inside you.”

“People tend to complicate their own lives, as if living weren't already complicated enough.”

“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.”

“I was no longer able to hear the music that issues from a decent piece of prose.”

“Never before had I felt trapped, so seduced and caught up in a story,' Clara explained, 'the way I did with that book. Until then, reading was just a duty, a sort of fine one had to pay teachers and tutors without quite knowing why. I had never known the pleasure of reading, of exploring the recesse...”

“There are few reasons for telling the truth, but for lying the number is infinite.”