The Shadow of the Wind

"- This place is a mistery Daniel, a sanctuary. Each book, each one that you see, has a soul. The soul of whom has written it and the soul of those that have read it and experienced it and dreamed with it. Each time that a book changes hands, each time that someone takes a look at its pages, his spirit grows and becomes stronger. Even the books that were lost in time, the ones that nobody remembers, lived forever waiting to reach one day someone’s hands again, a new spirit.

Daniel got sad when he had to put the book back in the shelf of the Cemetery of the Forgotten Books. He had discovered a new universe, in only one book, and dozens of thousands were still unexplored, pages were abandoned like souls without their owners, while the world out there was losing all these memories."

I am reading this book, from the Spanish writer Carlos Ruiz Zafon. An unforgettable history about the secrets of the heart and the magic of the books. I loved this passage.

(*) dear friends: once more, many thanks for all the kind words expressed in your comments. Yesterday and today, I wrote under too much “water” – sneezing all the time. Big hug for you all!