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Over time, loneliness gets inside you and doesn't go away.

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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
Away
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Time
Loneliness
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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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Remember me, even if it's only in a corner and secretly. Don't let me go.
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