year's best dialogue

[eska]

‘Speaking of donkeys, tell me, are you interested in fables?'

'When I was small, for about two months I wanted to be Aesop.'

'We all give up great expectations along the way'

'What did you want to be as a child, Senor Corelli?'

'God.'

He leered like a jackal, wiping the smile off my face.

CARLOS RUIZ ZAFON "The Angel's Game"