Carlos Ruiz Zafón: Trending quotes (page 4)

“One mustn't dream of one's future; one must earn it.”

“Every work of art is aggressive, Isabella. And every artist's life is a small war or a large one, beginning with oneself and one's limitations. To achieve anything you must first have ambition and then talent, knowledge, and finally the opportunity.”

“The most despicable humans are the ones who always feel virtuous and look down on the rest of the world.”

“You women listen more to your heart and less to all the nonsense. That's why you live longer.”

“People only disappear when they have somewhere to go”

“May I offer you something? A small glass of cyanide?”

“Coincidences are the scars of fate.”

“We think we understand a song's lyrics but what makes us believe in them, or not, is the music”

“You young people never say anything. And us old folks don't know how to stop talking.”

“Deep down we've never been who we think we once were, and we only remember what never happened.”

“You end up becoming someone you see in the eyes of those you love.”

“Remember me, even if it's only in a corner and secretly. Don't let me go.”

“It seems that in the advanced stages of stupidity, a lack of ideas is compensated for by an excess of ideologies.”

“Jacinta never told Penelope that she loved her. The nurse knew that those who really love, love in silence, with deeds and not with words.”

“Nothing is fair. The most one can hope is for things to be logical. Justice is a rare illness in a world that is otherwise a picture of health.”

“That day was turning out to be longer than”

“Nobody knows much about women, not even Freud, not even women themselves.
But it's like electricity: you don't need to know how it works to get a shock on the fingers.”

“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.”

“I think you judge yourself too severely, a quality that always distinguishes people of true worth.”