"Driven by a wish to save Tomás from……" — Carlos Ruiz Zafon

"Driven by a wish to save Tomás from a life of penury and misunderstanding, Fermin had decided that he needed to develop my friend's latent conversational and social skills. Like the good ape he is, man is a social animal, characterized by cronyism, nepotism, corruption, and gossip. That's the intrinsic blueprint for our ethical behavior."

— Carlos Ruiz Zafon

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