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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.

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
Greed
Madness
Either
Imagine
Evil
Sometimes
Good
World
Innocence

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