The Prisoner of Heaven

Deep down we've never been who we think we once were, and we only remember what never happened.

One mustn't dream of one's future; one must earn it.

Destiny doesn't do home visits... you have to go for it yourself.

A good liar knows that the most efficient lie is always a truth that has had a key piece removed from it.

Everything can be forgiven in this world, save telling the truth.

I've always thought that anyone who needs to join a herd so badly must be a bit of a sheep himself.

The world's very small when you don't have anywhere to go.

That's what happens when people reach old age; nobody remembers they've been bastards too.

I don't belong to any side. What's more, I think flags are nothing but painted rags that represent rancid emotions. Just seeing someone wrapped up in one of them, spewing out hymns, badges and speeches, gives me the runs. I've always thought that anyone who needs to join a herd so badly must be a bit of a sheep himself

... deep down nobody is bad, only frightened.

None of us are what we once were.

There are times and places where not to be anyone is more honourable than to be someone.

People with a meagre soul always try to make others feel small too.

Sometimes I think that Darwin made a mistake and that in fact man is descended from the pig, because eight out of every ten members of the human race are swine, and as crooked as a hog's tail.

In those days, Christmas still retained a certain aura of magic and mystery. The powdery light of winter, the hopeful expressions of people who lived among shadows and silence, lent that setting a slight air of promise in which at least children and those who had learned the art of forgetting could still believe.

I think today will be the day. Today our luck will change,' I proclaimed on the wings of the first coffee of the day, pure optimism in a liquid state.

Madmen always think it's the others who are mad.

A madman is one who considers himself sane and thinks that fools don’t belong in his rank.

Afterwards, once you lost all hope, time began to go faster and the senseless days deadened your soul.

Sometimes one forgets that not everyone in this world is a bastard.

In principle I'm an atheist, although in fact I have a lot of faith

Those times, against all expectations, were turning out to be good times. Then he felt afraid, because he knew they couldn't last long and those stolen drops of happiness and peace would evaporate.

Hay épocas y lugares en los que no ser nadie es más honorable que ser alguien.

You should get more sun and fresh air. The other day I read in the paper that vitamin D increases our faith in fellow humans.

Men are like chestnuts they sell in the street: they’re all hot and they all smell good when you buy them, but when you take them out of the paper cone you realise that most of them are rotten inside.

When I saw my friend kissing the woman he loved it occurred to me that this moment, this instant stolen from time and from God, was worth all the days of misery that had brought us to this place and the many others that were doubtless waiting for us on our return to life. And that everything that was decent and clean and pure in this world and everything for which it was worth living and breathing was in those lips, in those hands and in the look of that fortunate couple who, I know, would be together for the rest of their lives.

Those were the words she wanted to hear and she finally surrendered to the temptation of believing them.

Why is it that all wars are won by bankers?

Las gentes con el alma pequeña siempre tratan de empequeñecer a los demás

Let's shake hands and be friends, but please, I beg you, stop farting like that, because I'm beginning to hallucinate and in my dreams I see Comrade Joseph Stalin doing the Charleston.