Centuries of make-up that can be smudged by emotion have taught women to control their feelings.

- Arturo Pérez-Reverte

What about the future?" "We'll talk about the future when it gets here.

- Arturo Pérez-Reverte

She loves you, loathes you, treats you well, then ill. Like a leech or a surgeon's knife, she's double-edged: sometimes she'll cure, but sometimes sh…

- Arturo Pérez-Reverte

Becoming a book collector is like joining a religion: it’s for life.

- Arturo Pérez-Reverte

Actually loneliness has a kind of fascination; it's a state of egotistical, inner grace that you can achieve only by standing guard on old, forgotten…

- Arturo Pérez-Reverte

I once wrestled with an angel. He won, but I learned a few things.

- Arturo Pérez-Reverte

Never trust a man who reads only one book.

- Arturo Pérez-Reverte

Chess is all about getting the king into check, you see. It's about killing the father. I would say that chess has more to do with the art of murder …

- Arturo Pérez-Reverte

...the problem with words is that once spoken, they cannot find their way back to the speaker alone.

- Arturo Pérez-Reverte