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Once you lost all hope, time began to go faster and the senseless days deadened your soul.

Carlos Ruiz Zafon

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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
Time
Deadened
Senseless
Faster
Began
Days
Hope
Lost
Soul

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