"It changes you for ever, but you are changing for ever anyway."

-- Margaret Mahy

“Because God and the devil could be one and the same thing, and everybody understood it in his own way.”

Source : Arturo Pérez-Reverte (1996). “The Club Dumas”, Harcourt
“It feels good; my mind is going in all kind of directions. It feels good.”
“Benjamin Franklin said it best, 'Believe none of what you hear and half of what you see.'”
“I've paid for more pianos in hotel lobbies than you can imagine.”
“To contemplate a thing implies maintaining oneself OUTSIDE it, resolved to keep a distance between it and ourselves.”
“I thought of what might be, if only the people who have too much money would help those who have too little!”
“Am I in love? Absolutely. I'm in love with ancient philosophers, foreign painters, classic authors, and musicians who have died long ago. I'm a passionate lover. I fawn over these people. I have given them my heart and my soul. The trouble is, I'm unable to love anyone tangible. I have sacrificed a physical bond, for a metaphysical relationship. I am the ultimate idealistic lover.”
“I root for all movies, but I especially root for good comic book movies. It's the best, most interesting genre going right now.”

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