“Sometimes we think people are like lottery tickets, that they're there to make our most absurd dreams come true.”

Shadow Of The Wind, Carlos Ruiz Zafón

“There are books of the same chemical composition as dynamite. The only difference is that a piece of dynamite explodes once, whereas a book explodes a thousand times.”

A Soviet Heretic, Zamyatin

“I have decided, it is fruitless. For I am no longer sure of anything concerning my existence. A philosopher is a dead poet and a dying theologian.”

Madwand, Robert Zelzany

“She soon says, 'You're my best friend, Ed.'
'I know.'
You can kill a man with those words.
No gun.
No bullets.
Just words and a girl.”

I Am The Messenger, Markus Zusak