The Shadow of the Wind (The Cemetery of Forgotten Books, #1)

by Carlos Ruiz Zafón

‘The only useful thing about military service is that it reveals the number of morons in the population,’

Our world will not die as a result of the bomb, as the papers say - it will die of laughter, of banality, of making a joke of everything, and a lousy joke at that.’

‘Books are mirrors: you only see in them what you already have inside you,’

But what destiny does not do is home visits. You have to go for it yourself.’

‘While you’re working, you don’t have to look life in the eye.’