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We had yet to learn that the Devil created youth so that we could make our mistakes, and that God established maturity and old age so that we could pay for them.
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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While you're working, you don't have to look life in the eye.
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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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A man must have vices, expensive ones if possible. Otherwise when he reaches old age he will have nothing to be redeemed from.
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I like to believe that storytelling transcends age limitations.
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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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We spend a good part of our lives dreaming, especially when we're awake.
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Nothing important is learned it is simply remembered.
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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 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.
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It's curious how easy it is to tell a piece of paper what you don't dare say to someone's face.
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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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How many lost souls do You need, Lord, to satisfy Your hunger? the hatter asked. God, in His infinite silence, looked at him without blinking.
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One is never wholly conscious of the greed hidden in one's heart until one hears the sweet sound of silver.
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Julian spoke with the clear, unequivocal lucidity of madmen who have escaped the hypocrisy of having to abide by a reality that makes no sense.
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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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