I have just finished reading the “The Shadow of the wind” by Carlos Ruiz Zafon. I seemed to have a very surrealistic scenery, it is a kind of story that wouldn’t normally take place, yet I still managed to fall in love with it, even though I prefer especially realistic novels. The Shadow of the wind was mysterious and wise. The writing was beautifully written and bestowed a very vivid imagery.

Quotes:

• “Books are mirrors: you only see in them what you already have inside you.” -Julian Carax
• “Remember: warm heart, cold mind. The seducers code.” -Fermin
• “Sometimes what matters isn’t what one gives but what one gives up.” -Fermin
• “Sometimes it’s easier to talk to a stranger than someone you know…”-Beatriz
  “…because a stranger sees us the way we are, not as they wish us to be.” -Daniel
• “Destiny is usually just around the corner. Like a thief, a hooker, or a lottery vendor: its three most common personifications. But what destiny does not do is home visits. You have to go for it yourself.” -Fermin.
• “Fools talk, Cowards are silent, Wise men listen.” – Bravilio Recolons.
• “Those who really love, love in silent. With deeds and not with words.” -Fermin
• “Death does that: It makes everyone feel sentimental. When we stand in front of a coffin, we see only what is good, or what we want to see.” -Don Gustavo.
• “Never trust he who trusts everyone.” -Barcelo
• “Its funny how we judge others and don’t realize the extents of our own disdain until the one we love are no longer there, until they are taken from us. They’re taken from us because they’ve never really belonged to us…” -Isaac
• “Sometimes we think people are like lottery tickets, that they’re there to make our most absurd dreams come true.” -Isaac.
• Some disappointments honour those who inspire them.” -Miquel
• “Nothing feeds forgetfulness better than war. We all remain silent and they try to convince us that what we’ve seen, what we’ve done, what we’ve learned about ourselves and about others, is an illusion, a nightmare that will pass. Wars have no memory, and nobody has the courage to understand them until there are no voices left to tell what really happened, until the moment comes when we no longer recognize them and they return, with another face and another name, to devour everything they left behind.” -Nuria
• “… coincidences are the scars of fate. There are no coincidences. We are puppets of our subconcious desires.” -Julian Carax
• “There are worse prisoners than words.” -Nuria