“He who kills from afar knows nothing at all about act of killing. He who kills from afar derives no lesson from… — Arturo Pérez-Reverte Death Copy Share Image
“One day he reads his friend's novel and discovers that Ishmael's account and his own memories of what happened are completely different.… — Arturo Pérez-Reverte Friendship Copy Share Image
The world is full of banks and rivers running between them, of men and women crossing bridges and fords, unaware of the… — Arturo Pérez-Reverte Bridges Copy Share Image
“You can still turn back, he told himself. In that way, none of what happened has ever happened, and none of what… — Arturo Pérez-Reverte Copy Share Image
“And then it struck her that life was sometimes so beautiful that it didn't seem like life at all.” — Arturo Pérez-Reverte Beauty Copy Share Image
“However, one certainty floated in the air: that night, at the end of a conversation that should have brought them closer, something… — Arturo Pérez-Reverte Communication Copy Share Image
“What happens is that Fate, which enjoys spicing things up with a dash of the unforeseen, determines that everything must have an… — Arturo Pérez-Reverte Failure Copy Share Image
“[L]ife is like an expensive restaurant where, sooner or later, someone always hands you the bill, which is not to say that… — Arturo Pérez-Reverte Sooner or later Copy Share Image
“Whenever I got any money, I invested it in books. When my savings dwindled, I got rid of everything else—pictures, furniture, china.… — Arturo Pérez-Reverte Book Copy Share Image
“And which devil do you prefer? Dante's?" "No. Much too terrifying. Too medieval for my taste." "Mephistopheles?" "Not him, either. He's too… — Arturo Pérez-Reverte Fallen angel Copy Share Image
“Don Jaime relied on this to conserve what he defined as serenity: peace of mind and soul, the only fragment of wisdom… — Arturo Pérez-Reverte Human imperfection Copy Share Image
“As for me, all I know is that I know nothing. And when I want to know something, I look it up… — Arturo Pérez-Reverte Books Copy Share Image
“He was not the most honest or pious of men, but he was courageous” — arturo perez-reverte Courage Copy Share Image
“We find ourselves in the last of the three generations history chooses to repeat every now and then. The first generation needs… — Arturo Pérez-Reverte Generations Copy Share Image
“It seemed to Don Jaime that you could find in the memory of every man the bittersweet shadow of a woman.” — Arturo Pérez-Reverte Every man Copy Share Image
“It was one of Diego Alatriste's virtues that he could make friends in Hell.” — Arturo Pérez-Reverte Friendship Copy Share Image
“Who are you?" "The devil," she said. "The devil in love.” — Arturo Pérez-Reverte Arturo-perez-reverte Copy Share Image
“Heroes, however, have a habit of ending up dead or bankrupt, and, as you know better than anyone, I have much to… — Arturo Pérez-Reverte Aging Copy Share Image
Of all the universal lies she accepted unquestioningly, the happy ending was the most absurd. The hero and heroine lived happily ever… — Arturo Pérez-Reverte Absurd Copy Share Image
“He was laughing under his breath, like a cruel wolf, as he leaned over to light his last cigarette. Books play that… — Arturo Perez-Reverte Books Copy Share Image
Later, with time, I learned that although all men are capable of good and evil, the worst among them are those who,… — Arturo Pérez-Reverte Authority Copy Share Image
“—Una vez me dijiste algo —recordó él—. «Me gusta que hagas lo que otros se resignan a soñar.»” — Arturo Pérez-Reverte Copy Share Image
“It really doesn't bother me," she said. "I've always thought it stupid to try to hide your age, or to pretend to… — Arturo Pérez-Reverte Age Copy Share Image
