"People talk too much. Humans aren't descended from monkeys. They come from parrots."

"One of the pitfalls of childhood is that one doesn't have to understand something to feel it. By the time the mind is able to comprehend what has happened, the wounds of the heart are already too deep."

"that as long as we are being remembered, we remain alive."

"Every book, every volume you see here, has a soul. The soul of the person who wrote it and of those who read it and lived and dreamed with it. Every time a book changes hands, every time someone runs his eyes down its pages, its spirit grows and strengthens."

"We all give up great expectations along the way."

"There are no second chances in life, except to feel remorse."

"Most of us have the good or bad fortune of seeing our lives fall apart so slowly we barely notice."

"One loves truly only once in a lifetime, Julian, even if one isn’t aware of it."

"Man...heats up like a lightbulb: red hot in the twinkling of an eye and cold again in a flash. The female, on the other hand...heats up like an iron. Slowly, over a low heat, like tasty stew. But then, once she has heated up, there's no stopping her."

"The moment you stop to think about whether you love someone, you've already stopped loving that person forever."

"People talk too much. Humans aren't descended from monkeys. They come from parrots."

"One of the pitfalls of childhood is that one doesn't have to understand something to feel it. By the time the mind is able to comprehend what has happened, the wounds of the heart are already too deep."

"that as long as we are being remembered, we remain alive."

"Every book, every volume you see here, has a soul. The soul of the person who wrote it and of those who read it and lived and dreamed with it. Every time a book changes hands, every time someone runs his eyes down its pages, its spirit grows and strengthens."

"We all give up great expectations along the way."

"There are no second chances in life, except to feel remorse."

"Most of us have the good or bad fortune of seeing our lives fall apart so slowly we barely notice."

"One loves truly only once in a lifetime, Julian, even if one isn’t aware of it."

"Man...heats up like a lightbulb: red hot in the twinkling of an eye and cold again in a flash. The female, on the other hand...heats up like an iron. Slowly, over a low heat, like tasty stew. But then, once she has heated up, there's no stopping her."

"The moment you stop to think about whether you love someone, you've already stopped loving that person forever."

"People talk too much. Humans aren't descended from monkeys. They come from parrots."

"One of the pitfalls of childhood is that one doesn't have to understand something to feel it. By the time the mind is able to comprehend what has happened, the wounds of the heart are already too deep."