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The greatest multiplex in the universe is inside your mind, and the only ticket you need is a good, well-written novel.
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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Write, he said. I'll write to you as soon as I get there, answered Julian. No. Not to me. Write books. Not letters. Write them for me, for Penelope.
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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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All I know is that once Julián told the kids in the building that he had a sister only he could see. He said she came out of mirrors as if she were made of thin air and that she lived with Satan himself in a palace at the bottom of a lake.
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The moment you stop to think about whether you love someone, you've already stopped loving that person forever.
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As I walked, I ran my fingers along the spines of hundreds of books. I let myself be imbued with the smell, with the light that filtered through the cracks or from the glass lanterns embedded in the wooden structure, floating among mirrors and shadows.
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I think you judge yourself too severely, a quality that always distinguishes people of true worth.
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My childhood was surrounded by books and writing. From a very early age I was fascinated by storytelling, by the printed word, by language, by ideas. So I would seek them out.
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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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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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This cures everything except stupidity, which is an epidemic on the rise.
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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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Silence makes idiots seem wise even for a minute.
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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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There are worse prisons than words.
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The nurse knew that those who really love, love in silence, with deeds and not with words.
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