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It is impossible to survive in a prolonged state of reality, at least for human beings. We spend a good part of our lives dreaming, especially when we're awake.
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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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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It might have been that notion, or just chance, or its more flamboyant relative, destiny.
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Does the madman know he is mad? Or are the madmen those who insist o. Convincing him of his unreason in order to safeguard their own idea of reality?
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Wars have no memory, and nobody has the courage to understand them until there are no voices left to tell what happened.
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Presents are made for the pleasure of who gives them, not the merits of who receives them.
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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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It's hard work, writing, you know. Honestly, a fight every day against your own limitations. You have to squeeze books out of your brain, you're constantly trying to solve challenges. I think most writers enjoy the feeling of having written something, rather than the process of writing it.
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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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The world's very small when you don't have anywhere to go.
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I swim against the tide because I like to annoy.
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While you're working, you don't have to look life in the eye.
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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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Those were the words she wanted to hear and she finally surrendered to the temptation of believing them.
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Sometimes we think people are like lottery tickets, that they're there to make our most absurd dreams come true.
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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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The Cemetery of Forgotten Books is like the greatest, most fantastic library you could ever imagine. Its a labyrinth of books with tunnels, bridges, arches, secret sections - and its hidden inside an old palace in the old city of Barcelona.
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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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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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Keep your dreams, you never know when you might need them.
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A good liar knows that the most efficient lie is always a truth that has had a key piece removed from it.
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