The Labyrinth of the Spirits

by Carlos Ruiz Zafón

once the business of food and home has been solved, the next thing humans strive for are reasons to feel superior to others, and resources with which to demonstrate that superiority.

“The eloquence of an explanation,” he had told her, “is directly proportional to the intelligence of the person expressing it, in the same way as its credibility is proportional to the stupidity of the person listening to it.”

readers can only read as far as what is already written in their souls.

the day we lose the spark that makes us want to know things, and young people are content with the nonsense dressed in tinsel sold to them by the current popes of bullshittery – be it a miniature electrical appliance or a battery-run chamber pot – and become incapable of understanding anything that lies beyond their backsides, we’ll return to the age of the slug.”