"You’ve just mentioned the price that has to……" — Arturo Pérez-Reverte
"You’ve just mentioned the price that has to be paid…Pride, freedom…Knowledge. Whether at the beginning or at the end, you have to pay for everything. Even courage, don’t you think? And don’t you think a lot of courage is needed to fight God?"
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Arturo Pérez-Reverte
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20 Quotes by Arturo Pérez-Reverte
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he looked around at the books on the walls, at their dark, worn spines, and he seemed to hear a…
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Because God and the devil could be one and the same thing, and everybody understood it in his own way.
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You don't choose your friends, they choose you, and you either reject them or you accept them without reservations.
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One is never alone with a book nearby, don't you agree? Every page reminds us of a day that has…
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Chess is all about getting the king into check, you see. It's about killing the father. I would say that…
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I once wrestled with an angel. He won, but I learned a few things.
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...the problem with words is that once spoken, they cannot find their way back to the speaker alone.
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