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I've always thought that anyone who needs to join a herd so badly must be a bit of a sheep himself.

Carlos Ruiz Zafon

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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
Badly
Join
Bits
Anyone
Thought
Must
Herd
Needs
Herds
Always
Sheep

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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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In the shop we buy and sell them, but in truth books have no owner. Every book you see here has been somebody’s best friend.
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A secret's worth depends on the people from whom it must be kept.
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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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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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In small towns, news travels at the speed of boredom.
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She was seventeen, her entire life shining on her lips.
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There are times and places where not to be anyone is more honourable than to be someone.
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In those days, Christmas still retained a certain aura of magic and mystery. The powdery light of winter, the hopeful expressions of people who lived among shadows and silence, lent that setting a slight air of promise in which at least children and those who had learned the art of forgetting could still believe.
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One can convert only a sinner, never a saint.
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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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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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Waiting is the rust of the soul.
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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 prefer you like this, when you're in a foul mood, because you tell the truth.
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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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I could tell you it's the heart, but what is really killing him is loneliness. Memories are worse than bullets.
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He didn't know whether we created God in our own image or whether God created us without quite knowing what he was doing. He believed that God, or whatever brought us here, lives in each of our deeds, in each of our words, and manifests himself in all those things that show us to be more than mere figures of clay.
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