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A secret's worth depends on the people from whom it must be kept.

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Carlos Ruiz Zafon
Age: 55 †
Born: 1964
Born: September 25
Died: 2020
Died: June 19
Novelist
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Screenwriter
Barcelona
Spain
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In the shop we buy and sell them, but in truth books have no owner. Every book you see here has been somebody’s best friend.
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There was no more good or evil in this world than we imagine there to be, either out of greed or out of innocence. Or sometimes madness.
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A good liar knows that the most efficient lie is always a truth that has had a key piece removed from it.
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I stepped into the bookshop and breathed in that perfume of paper and magic that strangely no one had ever thought of bottling.
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I knew when I was writing The Angel's Game that a lot of people would be upset that I didn't write Shadow Of The Wind 2. That's okay, that's part of the game. You do what you have to do. If they like it, great. If they don't, too bad. What are you going to do?
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It’s a story of love, of hatred, and of the dreams that live in the shadow of the wind.
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Driven by a wish to save Tomás from a life of penury and misunderstanding, Fermin had decided that he needed to develop my friend's latent conversational and social skills. Like the good ape he is, man is a social animal, characterized by cronyism, nepotism, corruption, and gossip. That's the intrinsic blueprint for our ethical behavior.
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... , listening to the storm outside as it left the city, knowing that I was going to lose her but also knowing that, for a few minutes, we had belonged to one another, and to nobody else.
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Every book, every volume you see here, has a soul. The soul of the person who wrote it and of those who read it and lived and dreamed with it. Every time a book changes hands, every time someone runs his eyes down its pages, its spirit grows and strengthens.
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Envy is the religion of the mediocre
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Perhaps for that very reason, I adored her all the more, because of the eternal human stupidity of pursuing those who hurt us the most.
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A man must have vices, expensive ones if possible. Otherwise when he reaches old age he will have nothing to be redeemed from.
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I like to believe that storytelling transcends age limitations.
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The nurse knew that those who really love, love in silence, with deeds and not with words.
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Wine turns the wise man into a fool and the fool into a wise man.
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Julian spoke with the clear, unequivocal lucidity of madmen who have escaped the hypocrisy of having to abide by a reality that makes no sense.
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Don't be afraid of being scared. To be afraid is a sign of common sense. Only complete idiots are not afraid of anything.
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You're as white as a nun's buttock. Are you all right?
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A good friend once told me that the problems are like cockroaches. If drawn to light, they'll get scared.
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-Do you think it's dirty money? -All money is dirty. If it were clean nobody would want it.
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