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... deep down nobody is bad, only frightened.

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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
Frightened
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That's what happens when people reach old age nobody remembers they've been bastards too.
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Truth is, only the useless get to the top in this country.
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I swim against the tide because I like to annoy.
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When 'The Shadow of the Wind' became a success I had already been a working writer, I'd been through the ups and downs, I'd seen how it worked.
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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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There are people you remember and people you dream of.
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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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None of us are what we once were.
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One mustn't dream of one's future one must earn it.
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Madmen always think it's the others who are mad.
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People might not agree with me, but I think a woman should have a feminine shape, something you can get your hands on. You, on the other hand, look like you might be partial to the skinny type, a point of view I fully respect, don't misunderstand me.
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Every time a book changes hands, every time someone runs his eyes down its pages, its spirit grows and strengthens.
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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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In small towns, news travels at the speed of boredom.
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There's no such thing as dead languages, only dormant minds.
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My wife and I were never happy here. Spain can be narrow-minded, and provincial. In LA you don't have to justify yourself. I think I will leave here again soon and move back there.
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Paris is the only city in the world where starving to death is still considered an art.
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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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