![Books are mirrors: you only see in them what you already have inside you.](https://i0.wp.com/lh3.googleusercontent.com/-vYiVXbxGeOI/X1th2tpceOI/AAAAAAAAF1E/kxteP4EWYSgosTJyXho4KqUsqbsbS-a1gCLcBGAsYHQ/h750/books-are-mirrors-you-only-see-in-them-what-you-already-have-inside-you.jpg?resize=450%2C450&ssl=1)
Category: Carlos Ruiz Zafón
![Books are mirrors: you only see in them what you already have inside you.](https://i0.wp.com/lh3.googleusercontent.com/-vYiVXbxGeOI/X1th2tpceOI/AAAAAAAAF1E/kxteP4EWYSgosTJyXho4KqUsqbsbS-a1gCLcBGAsYHQ/h750/books-are-mirrors-you-only-see-in-them-what-you-already-have-inside-you.jpg?resize=450%2C450&ssl=1)
![that as long as we are being remembered, we remain alive.](https://i0.wp.com/lh3.googleusercontent.com/-Yf878WaaMa4/X1uIPTyR28I/AAAAAAAAKII/svAd-LzhtaAErP5i3NUIRCvlMxqOEx10QCLcBGAsYHQ/h750/that-as-long-as-we-are-being-remembered-we-remain-alive.jpg?resize=450%2C450&ssl=1)
that as long as we are being remembered, we remain alive.
![There are worse prisons than words.](https://i0.wp.com/lh3.googleusercontent.com/-wmbXTvltEes/X1uLJu15-UI/AAAAAAAAKms/GGzxM9DW_IYyia25xqPnzlWP8tnqIhllACLcBGAsYHQ/h750/there-are-worse-prisons-than-words.jpg?resize=450%2C450&ssl=1)
There are worse prisons than words.
![Remember me, even if it’s only in a corner and secretly. Don’t let me go.](https://i0.wp.com/lh3.googleusercontent.com/-mY8Awb1TEcw/X1t6y8CTS8I/AAAAAAAAJE8/N6hxrkp2aO0hM9BNFhE_8yORYbgoNxSmgCLcBGAsYHQ/h750/remember-me-even-if-its-only-in-a-corner-and-secretly-dont-let-me-go.jpg?resize=450%2C450&ssl=1)
Remember me, even if it’s only in a corner and secretly. Don’t let me go.
![There are no second chances in life, except to feel remorse.](https://i0.wp.com/lh3.googleusercontent.com/-tRdlQcLjfRo/X1uLGKJbRnI/AAAAAAAAKmE/oXMcVhHEwsQPCcs-ZSEoRX1byhfmKkFBwCLcBGAsYHQ/h750/there-are-no-second-chances-in-life-except-to-feel-remorse.jpg?resize=450%2C450&ssl=1)
There are no second chances in life, except to feel remorse.
![Nothing important is learned; it is simply remembered.](https://i0.wp.com/lh3.googleusercontent.com/-TbDC__XVQN4/X1t3eH1UVQI/AAAAAAAAIs8/KeDpmiY5-v0Ux9DsohPcy7J8sCBm079JQCLcBGAsYHQ/h750/nothing-important-is-learned-it-is-simply-remembered.jpg?resize=450%2C450&ssl=1)
Nothing important is learned; it is simply remembered.
![We all give up great expectations along the way.](https://i0.wp.com/lh3.googleusercontent.com/-Q9w2CykRM9Y/X1uO7AWaW3I/AAAAAAAALFU/M_b8h_jtlgsBoA36bcZ1SYxjB8yoexF9gCLcBGAsYHQ/h750/we-all-give-up-great-expectations-along-the-way.jpg?resize=450%2C450&ssl=1)
We all give up great expectations along the way.
![Few things are more deceptive than memories.](https://i0.wp.com/lh3.googleusercontent.com/-aiTSaTvoTnI/X1tnTL0ajeI/AAAAAAAAGc0/CFjluNQ_LWoqvBrAaCWNQdGv2beGqidjQCLcBGAsYHQ/h750/few-things-are-more-deceptive-than-memories.jpg?resize=450%2C450&ssl=1)
Few things are more deceptive than memories.
![Some like to believe it’s the book that chooses the person.](https://i0.wp.com/lh3.googleusercontent.com/-siQbQ9ANrhE/X1t7wDKP-uI/AAAAAAAAJQQ/P-2ExSLRVDASw0Tx9Y4iwWy2GXkA8qbeQCLcBGAsYHQ/h750/some-like-to-believe-its-the-book-that-chooses-the-person.jpg?resize=450%2C450&ssl=1)
Some like to believe it’s the book that chooses the person.
![We are willing to believe anything other than the truth.](https://i0.wp.com/lh3.googleusercontent.com/-E4H8becmzIc/X1uPIAkw5MI/AAAAAAAALHs/1qUeUac2Po88zgQfrT0wOI3h4o2s4XkmgCLcBGAsYHQ/h750/we-are-willing-to-believe-anything-other-than-the-truth.jpg?resize=450%2C450&ssl=1)