Quotes About Discovery

few things leave a deeper mark on a reader than the first book that finds its way into his heart

Al poco, me asaltó la idea de que tras la cubierta de cada uno de aquellos libros se abría un universo infinito por explorar y de que, más allá de aquellos muros, el mundo dejaba pasar la vida en tardes de fútbol y seriales de radio, satisfecho con ver hasta allí donde alcanza su ombligo y poco más.

I don't think there is anything decent to save in the world, Fermín.' 'Even you don't believe that. The trouble is that you're afraid of finding out that there is.

This is a place of mystery, Daniel, a sanctuary. Every book, every volume you see here, has a soul.

Lo mejor de las mujeres es descubrirlas.

For me those enchanted pages will always be the ones I found among the passageways of the Cemetery of Forgotten Books.

El Cementerio de los Libros Olvidados tenía su propio geometría y resultaba casi imposible pasar por el mismo lugar dos veces. En más de una ocasión se había perdido en el interior y había tardado un rato en dar con el camino de descenso a la salida.

Barcelona is a haunted house, Vargas. What happens is that you tourists never think of looking behind the curtain.

En la biblioteca fue donde cambió mi vida.

Tras él, alzándose en lo que creyó que era una basílica esculpida con todas las bibliotecas del mundo, se levantaba el laberinto que había visto desde la cima.

Ve lo que los demás no ven. Su mente funciona diferente a la del resto. Donde todos ven una puerta cerrada, ella ve una llave. Donde los demás pierden la pista, ella encuentra el rastro

pero la fe se encuentra cuando no se busca y llegará el día en que sea su corazón, no su mente, el que anhele la purificación del alma.

Todo crimen es como una cebolla: hay que cortar a través de muchas capas para ver qué esconde y por el camino hay que derramar unas cuantas lágrimas.

Certa ocasião ouvi um cliente habitual da livraria de meu pai comentar que poucas coisas marcam tanto um leitor como o primeiro livro que realmente abre caminho ao seu coração. As primeiras imagens, o eco dessas palavras que pensamos ter deixado para trás, nos acompanham por toda a vida e esculpem um palácio em nossa memória [...] ao qual iremos retornar.

but I felt sure that The Shadow of the Wind had been waiting there for me for years, probably since before I was born.

Maturare non è altro che il processo attraverso il quale si scopre che tutto ciò a cui credevi da giovane è falso mentre tutto quello a cui ti rifiutavi di credere in gioventù risulta vero.

In this place, books no longer remembered by anyone, books that are lost in time, live forever, waiting for the day when they will reach a new reader's hands.

After a while it occurred to me that between the covers of each of those books lay a boundless universe waiting to be discovered, while beyond those walls, in the outside world, people allowed life to pass by in afternoons of football and radio soaps, content to do little more than gaze at their navels.

story is a letter the author writes to himself, to tell himself things that he would be unable to discover otherwise.

Andaba distraído, con la cabeza en las nubes, media sonrisa en los labios y ese aire sereno de quienes tienen el lujo de no saber cómo funciona el mundo. Nunca había visto una fotografía suya, pero supo quién era antes de verle aproximarse a la puerta de la librería.

With women the best part is the discovery. There's nothing like the first time, nothing. You don't know what life is until you undress a woman the first time. A button at a time, like peeling a hot, sweet potato on a winter's night.

Todo navegante que se precie tiene un iceberg en su destino.

That book taught me that by reading, I could live more intensely. It could give me back the sight I had lost. For that reason alone, a book that didn't matter to anyone changed my life.

I still remember the day my father took me to the Cemetery of Forgotten Books for the first time.