“Do not allow me to forget you”

“You people have a religion of death that fills you with the joy and courage to confront it...I do not. I believe the only essential thing is to be alive.- Abrenucio”

“Disbelief is more resistant than faith because it is sustained by the senses.”

“He always believed he loved his daughter, but the fear of rabies obliged the Marquis to admit to himself that this was a lie for the sake of convenience. Bernarda, on the other hand, did not even a...”

“Take care,' said Delaura. 'Sometimes we attribute certain things we do not understand to the demon, not thinking they may be things of God that we do not understand.''Saint Thomas said it, and I wi...”

“The Bishop blessed him and helped him to his feet."May God have mercy on you," he said. And erased him from his heart.”

“Her movements were so stealthy that she seemed to be an invisible creature. Frightened by her strange nature, her mother had hung a cowbell around the girl's wrist so she would not lose track of he...”

“Sometimes two people have to fall apart, to realize how much they need to fall back together.”

“Good literature is one key to peace. When we stop reading each other, when we stop paying attention to each other's words and stories, we too easily oppose one another.”

“There is only one motive for writing a novel: to be published and read. To me there is no distinction between the mystery novel and the novel, only between good books and bad books. A good book tak...”

“It's amazing how easy the truth is to accept...No matter how strange.”

“Strange world isn't it?”

“It is strange, but nobody is shocked when pop singers make a fortune in the space of two years.”