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God gives us life, but the world's landlord is the devil.

Carlos Ruiz Zafon

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Carlos Ruiz Zafon
Age: 55 †
Born: 1964
Born: September 25
Died: 2020
Died: June 19
Novelist
Publicist
Screenwriter
Barcelona
Spain
Carlos Ruiz Zafon
Landlord
Devil
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Sometimes I think that Darwin made a mistake and that in fact man is descended from the pig, because eight out of every ten members of the human race are swine, and as crooked as a hog's tail.
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I don't care what happens in 100 years. I won't be around.
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Literature, at least good literature, is science tempered with the blood of art. Like architecture or music.
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The haunting of history is ever present in Barcelona. I see cities as organisms, as living creatures. To me, Madrid is a man and Barcelona is a woman. And its a woman whos extremely vain.
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For some reason, I never felt the need to have kids. My wife feels the same. We don't feel a void. I don't think they would give my life meaning. I do think of the books as my children, though. Whatever is inside of me, I put into my books.
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Paris is the only city in the world where starving to death is still considered an art.
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She was seventeen, her entire life shining on her lips.
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Over time, loneliness gets inside you and doesn't go away.
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Money is like any other virus: once it has rotted the soul of the person who houses it, it sets off in search of new blood.
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In small towns, news travels at the speed of boredom.
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Nobody had noticed, nobody had paid attention, but, as usual, the essential part of the matter had been settled before the story had begun, and by then it was too late.
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Destiny is usually just around the corner. Like a thief, a hooker, or a lottery vendor: its three most common personifications. But what destiny does not do is home visits. You have to go for it.
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One is never wholly conscious of the greed hidden in one's heart until one hears the sweet sound of silver.
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