“He who kills from afar knows nothing at all about act of killing. He who kills from afar derives no lesson from life or… — Arturo Pérez-Reverte Copy Share
“One day he reads his friend's novel and discovers that Ishmael's account and his own memories of what happened are completely different. So he… — Arturo Pérez-Reverte Copy Share
The world is full of banks and rivers running between them, of men and women crossing bridges and fords, unaware of the consequences, not… — Arturo Pérez-Reverte Copy Share
“You can still turn back, he told himself. In that way, none of what happened has ever happened, and none of what will take… — Arturo Pérez-Reverte Copy Share
“And then it struck her that life was sometimes so beautiful that it didn't seem like life at all.” — Arturo Pérez-Reverte Copy Share
“However, one certainty floated in the air: that night, at the end of a conversation that should have brought them closer, something had been… — Arturo Pérez-Reverte Copy Share
“What happens is that Fate, which enjoys spicing things up with a dash of the unforeseen, determines that everything must have an end, and… — Arturo Pérez-Reverte Copy Share
“[L]ife is like an expensive restaurant where, sooner or later, someone always hands you the bill, which is not to say that you should… — Arturo Pérez-Reverte Copy Share
“Whenever I got any money, I invested it in books. When my savings dwindled, I got rid of everything else—pictures, furniture, china. I think… — Arturo Pérez-Reverte Copy Share
“And which devil do you prefer? Dante's?" "No. Much too terrifying. Too medieval for my taste." "Mephistopheles?" "Not him, either. He's too pleased with… — Arturo Pérez-Reverte Copy Share
“Don Jaime relied on this to conserve what he defined as serenity: peace of mind and soul, the only fragment of wisdom to which… — Arturo Pérez-Reverte Copy Share
“As for me, all I know is that I know nothing. And when I want to know something, I look it up in books--their… — Arturo Pérez-Reverte Copy Share
“He was not the most honest or pious of men, but he was courageous” — arturo perez-reverte Copy Share
