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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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Barcelona
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In those days, Christmas still retained a certain aura of magic and mystery. The powdery light of winter, the hopeful expressions of people who lived among shadows and silence, lent that setting a slight air of promise in which at least children and those who had learned the art of forgetting could still believe.
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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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Human beings believe just as they breathe - in order to survive.
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It's the student who makes the teacher, not the other way around.
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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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Every time a book changes hands, every time someone runs his eyes down its pages, its spirit grows and strengthens.
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Time has taught me not to lose hope, yet not to trust too much in hope either.
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We spend a good part of our lives dreaming, especially when we're awake.
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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 world's very small when you don't have anywhere to go.
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... deep down nobody is bad, only frightened.
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My childhood was surrounded by books and writing. From a very early age I was fascinated by storytelling, by the printed word, by language, by ideas. So I would seek them out.
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After a while it occurred to me that between the covers of each of those books lay a boundless universe waiting to be discovered while beyond those walls, in the outside world, people allowed life to pass by in afternoons of football and radio soaps, content to do little more than gaze at their navels.
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It's only worth staying in bed if you're young and in good company.
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This cures everything except stupidity, which is an epidemic on the rise.
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If you really want to possess a woman, you must think like her, and the first thing to do is win over her soul. The rest, that sweet, soft wrapping that steals away your senses and your virtue, is a bonus.
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Waiting is the rust of the soul.
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