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I always felt that I was a writer, that was what I had to do.

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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
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Felt
Always

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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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It's the student who makes the teacher, not the other way around.
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One can convert only a sinner, never a saint.
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Over time, loneliness gets inside you and doesn't go away.
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Everything is a tale, Martin. What we believe, what we know, what we remember, even what we dream. Everything is a story, a narrative, a sequence of events with characters communicating an emotional content. We only accept as true what can be narrated.
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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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It might have been that notion, or just chance, or its more flamboyant relative, destiny.
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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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God gives us life, but the world's landlord is the devil.
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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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. . .sometimes one feels freer speaking to a stranger than to people one knows. Why is that? “Probably because a stranger sees us the way we are, not as he wishes to think we are.
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There are worse prisons than words.
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Who are the lunatics? The ones who see horror in the heart of their fellow humans and search for peace at any price? Or the ones who pretend they don't see what's going on around them? The world belongs either to lunatics or hypocrites. There are no other races on this earth. You must choose which one to belong to.
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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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somethings can only be seen in the shadows
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Why is it that all wars are won by bankers?
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-Do you think it's dirty money? -All money is dirty. If it were clean nobody would want it.
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Childhood devotions make unfaithful and fickle lovers.
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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.
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This cures everything except stupidity, which is an epidemic on the rise.
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