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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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Carlos Ruiz Zafon
Age: 55 †
Born: 1964
Born: September 25
Died: 2020
Died: June 19
Novelist
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Barcelona
Spain
Carlos Ruiz Zafon
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Contrary to what you believe, the earth does not revolve around the desires of your crotch.
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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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Whoever said that childhood is the happiest time of your life is a liar, or a fool.
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People with a meagre soul always try to make others feel small too.
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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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There are two things in life you cannot choose. The first is your enemies the second your family. Sometimes the difference between them is hard to see, but in the end time will show you that the cards you have been dealt could always have been worse.
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That's what happens when people reach old age nobody remembers they've been bastards too.
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Truth is, only the useless get to the top in this country.
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I think you judge yourself too severely, a quality that always distinguishes people of true worth.
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It's the student who makes the teacher, not the other way around.
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Julian once wrote that coincidences are the scars of fate. There are no coincidences, Daniel. We are puppets of our subconscious desires.
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I became a writer, a teller of tales, because otherwise I would have died... or worse.
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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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Who are the lunatics? The ones who see horror in the heart of their fellow humans and search for peace at any price? Or the ones who pretend they don't see what's going on around them? The world belongs either to lunatics or hypocrites. There are no other races on this earth. You must choose which one to belong to.
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. . .sometimes one feels freer speaking to a stranger than to people one knows. Why is that? “Probably because a stranger sees us the way we are, not as he wishes to think we are.
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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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somethings can only be seen in the shadows
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The most despicable humans are the ones who always feel virtuous and look down on the rest of the world.
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I still remember the day my father took me to the Cemetery of Forgotten Books for the first time.
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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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