"The Shadow of the Wind" Quotes
A young boy discovers a mysterious book in a forgotten library, setting off a chain of events that unravels dark secrets and leads to dangerous consequences.
fiction | 487 pages | Published in 2001
Quotes
Every book, every volume you see here, has a soul.
Few things leave a deeper mark on a reader than the first book that finds its way into his heart.
Every story has a beginning and an end. That's just the nature of the beast.
A secret's worth depends on the people from whom it must be kept.
Destiny is usually just around the corner. Like a thief, a hooker, or a lottery vendor: its three most common personifications.
To truly understand the world, you must first understand a place like Mississippi.
People tend to complicate their own lives, as if living weren't already complicated enough.
Every book, every volume, has a soul. The soul of the person who wrote it and of those who read it and lived and dreamed with it.
I was raised among books, making invisible friends in pages that seemed cast from dust and whose smell I carry on my hands to this day.
Childhood devotions make unfaithful and fickle friends.
