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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.
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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Some like to believe it's the book that chooses the person.
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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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None of us are what we once were.
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We all give up great expectations along the way.
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A story is a letter that the author writes to himself, to tell himself things that he would be unable to discover otherwise.
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Wars have no memory, and nobody has the courage to understand them until there are no voices left to tell what happened.
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A secret's worth depends on the people from whom it must be kept.
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It's only worth staying in bed if you're young and in good company.
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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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It is part of our nature to survive. Faith is an instinctive response to aspects of existence that we cannot explain by any other means - be it the moral void we perceive in the universe, the certainty of death, the mystery of the origin of things, the meaning of our own lives or the absence of meaning.
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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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I still remember the day my father took me to the Cemetery of Forgotten Books for the first time.
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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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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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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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People talk too much. Humans aren't descended from monkeys. They come from parrots.
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If you really want to possess a woman, you must think like her, and the first thing to do is win over her soul. The rest, that sweet, soft wrapping that steals away your senses and your virtue, is a bonus.
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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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Fools talk, cowards are silent, wise men listen.
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