Arturo Pérez-Reverte quotes

Everyone gets the devil he deserves. (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 roads that no one travels anymore. View quote
Arturo Pérez-Reverte
Never trust a man who reads only one book. View quote
Arturo Pérez-Reverte
I once wrestled with an angel. He won, but I learned a few things. View quote
Arturo Pérez-Reverte
Because God and the devil could be one and the same thing, and everybody understood it in his own way. View quote
Arturo Pérez-Reverte
You don't choose your friends, they choose you, and you either reject them or you accept them without reservations. View quote
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 than it does with the art of war. View quote
Arturo Pérez-Reverte
One is never alone with a book nearby, don't you agree? Every page reminds us of a day that has passed and makes us relive the emotions that filled it. Happy hours underlined in red pencil, dark ones in black... View quote
Arturo Pérez-Reverte