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A modern-day Dickens with a popular voice and a genius for storytelling in any genre, Stephen King has written many wonderful books.

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Carlos Ruiz Zafon
Age: 55 †
Born: 1964
Born: September 25
Died: 2020
Died: June 19
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somethings can only be seen in the shadows
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Madmen always think it's the others who are mad.
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Bea says that the art of reading is slowly dying, that it's an intimate ritual, that a book is a mirror that offers us only what we already carry inside us, that when we read, we do it with all our heart and mind, and great readers are becoming more scarce by the day.
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Julian spoke with the clear, unequivocal lucidity of madmen who have escaped the hypocrisy of having to abide by a reality that makes no sense.
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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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The moment you stop to think about whether you love someone, you've already stopped loving that person forever.
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I could tell you it's the heart, but what is really killing him is loneliness. Memories are worse than bullets.
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Sometimes I think that Darwin made a mistake and that in fact man is descended from the pig, because eight out of every ten members of the human race are swine, and as crooked as a hog's tail.
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The most efficient way of rendering the poor harmless is to teach them to want to imitate the rich.
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Human beings believe just as they breathe - in order to survive.
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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 rain was still crashing down, angrily machine-gunning the large windows it poured through the gutters up in the tower and funneled along the flat roof, sounding like footsteps on the ceiling.
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It’s a story of love, of hatred, and of the dreams that live in the shadow of the wind.
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I became a writer, a teller of tales, because otherwise I would have died... or worse.
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Perhaps for that very reason, I adored her all the more, because of the eternal human stupidity of pursuing those who hurt us the most.
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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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A secret's worth depends on the people from whom it must be kept.
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I think you judge yourself too severely, a quality that always distinguishes people of true worth.
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Why is it that all wars are won by bankers?
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The most despicable humans are the ones who always feel virtuous and look down on the rest of the world.
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