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Sometimes we think people are like lottery tickets, that they're there to make our most absurd dreams come true.
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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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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I've always thought that anyone who needs to join a herd so badly must be a bit of a sheep himself.
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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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Never trust girls who let themselves be touched right away. But even less those who need a priest for approval.
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I always felt that I was a writer, that was what I had to do.
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It's curious how easy it is to tell a piece of paper what you don't dare say to someone's face.
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The most efficient way of rendering the poor harmless is to teach them to want to imitate the rich.
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The only way you can truly get to know an author is through the trail of ink he leaves behind him. The person you think you see is only an empty character: truth is always hidden in fiction.
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I think you judge yourself too severely, a quality that always distinguishes people of true worth.
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Some like to believe it's the book that chooses the person.
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We spend a good part of our lives dreaming, especially when we're awake.
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People talk too much. Humans aren't descended from monkeys. They come from parrots.
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I don't suppose you have many friends. Neither do I. I don't trust people who say they have a lot of friends. It's a sure sign that they don't really know anyone.
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The greatest multiplex in the universe is inside your mind, and the only ticket you need is a good, well-written novel.
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There are worse prisons than words.
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Everything is a tale, Martin. What we believe, what we know, what we remember, even what we dream. Everything is a story, a narrative, a sequence of events with characters communicating an emotional content. We only accept as true what can be narrated.
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I can't die yet, doctor. Not yet. I have things to do. Afterwords I'll have a whole lifetime in which to die.
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Human beings believe just as they breathe - in order to survive.
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