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-Do you think it's dirty money? -All money is dirty. If it were clean nobody would want it.
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
Spain
Carlos Ruiz Zafon
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Waiting is the rust of the soul.
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Sometimes, in difficult circumstances, one can confuse compassion with love.
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Money is like any other virus: once it has rotted the soul of the person who houses it, it sets off in search of new blood.
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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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For some reason, I never felt the need to have kids. My wife feels the same. We don't feel a void. I don't think they would give my life meaning. I do think of the books as my children, though. Whatever is inside of me, I put into my books.
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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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He lost himself in the words and images conjured in his mind and for a while forgot ... He found himself flying among stars and planets.
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God gives us life, but the world's landlord is the devil.
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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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Childhood devotions make unfaithful and fickle lovers.
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People might not agree with me, but I think a woman should have a feminine shape, something you can get your hands on. You, on the other hand, look like you might be partial to the skinny type, a point of view I fully respect, don't misunderstand me.
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People with a meagre soul always try to make others feel small too.
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She was seventeen, her entire life shining on her lips.
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The wider the author's arsenal of tools and the better technically equipped the storyteller is, the better the tale will be.
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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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Sometimes I think that Darwin made a mistake and that in fact man is descended from the pig, because eight out of every ten members of the human race are swine, and as crooked as a hog's tail.
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You young people never say anything. And us old folks don't know how to stop talking.
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Wine turns the wise man into a fool and the fool into a wise man.
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Remember me, even if it's only in a corner and secretly. Don't let me go.
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I don't care what happens in 100 years. I won't be around.
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