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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.
Carlos Ruiz Zafon
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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
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As I walked, I ran my fingers along the spines of hundreds of books. I let myself be imbued with the smell, with the light that filtered through the cracks or from the glass lanterns embedded in the wooden structure, floating among mirrors and shadows.
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Why is it that all wars are won by bankers?
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Perhaps for that very reason, I adored her all the more, because of the eternal human stupidity of pursuing those who hurt us the most.
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I looked up towards the immensity of the labyrinth. How does one choose a single book among so many? Isaac shrugged his shoulders. 'Some like to believe it's the book that chooses the person...destiny, in other words.
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Human nature provides the lyrics, and we novelists just compose the music.
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Madmen always think it's the others who are mad.
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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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I prefer you like this, when you're in a foul mood, because you tell the truth.
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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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Human beings believe just as they breathe - in order to survive.
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Contrary to what you believe, the earth does not revolve around the desires of your crotch.
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There are people you remember and people you dream of.
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As it unfolded, the structure of the story began to remind me of one of those Russian dolls that contain innumerable ever-smaller dolls within. Step by step the narrative split into a thousand stories, as if it had entered a gallery of mirrors, its identity fragmented into endless reflections.
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I always felt that I was a writer, that was what I had to do.
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Childhood devotions make unfaithful and fickle lovers.
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A secret's worth depends on the people from whom it must be kept.
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Never trust anyone, Daniel, especially the people you admire. Those are the ones who will make you suffer the worst blows.
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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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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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The most efficient way of rendering the poor harmless is to teach them to want to imitate the rich.
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