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The moment you stop to think about whether you love someone, you've already stopped loving that person forever.
Carlos Ruiz Zafon
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Carlos Ruiz Zafon
Age: 55 †
Born: 1964
Born: September 25
Died: 2020
Died: June 19
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Barcelona
Spain
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The Cemetery of Forgotten Books is like the greatest, most fantastic library you could ever imagine. Its a labyrinth of books with tunnels, bridges, arches, secret sections - and its hidden inside an old palace in the old city of Barcelona.
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People talk too much. Humans aren't descended from monkeys. They come from parrots.
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Julian once wrote that coincidences are the scars of fate. There are no coincidences, Daniel. We are puppets of our subconscious desires.
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Never trust girls who let themselves be touched right away. But even less those who need a priest for approval.
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Where he had failed, I would triumph. Where he had lost his way, I would find the path out of the labyrinth.
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