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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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Carlos Ruiz Zafon
Age: 55 †
Born: 1964
Born: September 25
Died: 2020
Died: June 19
Novelist
Publicist
Screenwriter
Barcelona
Spain
Carlos Ruiz Zafon
Secretly
Corner
Corners
Remember
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Some like to believe it's the book that chooses the person.
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Are you not tempted to create a story for which men and women would live and die, for which they would be capable of killing and allowing them to be killed, of sacrificing and condemning themselves, of handling over their souls?
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One mustn't dream of one's future one must earn it.
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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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Fools talk, cowards are silent, wise men listen.
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There are few reasons for telling the truth, but for lying the number is infinite.
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Envy is the religion of the mediocre
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Literature, at least good literature, is science tempered with the blood of art. Like architecture or music.
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I knew when I was writing The Angel's Game that a lot of people would be upset that I didn't write Shadow Of The Wind 2. That's okay, that's part of the game. You do what you have to do. If they like it, great. If they don't, too bad. What are you going to do?
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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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In small towns, news travels at the speed of boredom.
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There are two things in life you cannot choose. The first is your enemies the second your family. Sometimes the difference between them is hard to see, but in the end time will show you that the cards you have been dealt could always have been worse.
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The Cemetery of Forgotten Books is a metaphor, not just for books but for ideas, for language, for knowledge, for beauty, for all the things that make us human, for collecting memory
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That's what happens when people reach old age nobody remembers they've been bastards too.
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God gives us life, but the world's landlord is the devil.
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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 only way you can truly get to know an author is through the trail of ink he leaves behind him. The person you think you see is only an empty character: truth is always hidden in fiction.
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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 like to believe that storytelling transcends age limitations.
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