Carlos Ruiz Zafón: Trending quotes (page 5)

“I'm not talking to anyone, I'm delivering a monologue. It's the inebriated man's prerogative.”

“Time has taught me not to lose hope, yet not to trust too much in hope either.”

“Human beings believe just as they breathe - in order to survive.”

“That book taught me that by reading, I could live more intensely. It could give me back the sight I had lost. For that reason alone, a book that didn't matter to anyone changed my life.”

“I decided that my existence would be one of books and silence.”

“The most efficient way of rendering the poor harmless is to teach them to want to imitate the rich.”

“We exist as long as somebody remembers us.”

“Julian once wrote that coincidences are the scars of fate. There are no coincidences, Daniel. We are puppets of our subconscious desires.”

“It's curious how easy it is to tell a piece of paper what you don't dare say to someone's face.”

“Literature, at least good literature, is science tempered with the blood of art. Like architecture or music.”

“Nothing important is learned; it is simply remembered.”

“Never trust girls who let themselves be touched right away. But even less those who need a priest for approval.”

“Keep your dreams, you never know when you might need them.”

“I still remember the day my father took me to the Cemetery of Forgotten Books for the first time.”

“Some like to believe it's the book that chooses the person.”

“It's up to you how you waste your time and money. I'm staying here to read: life's too short.”

“We all give up great expectations along the way.”

“Few things are more deceptive than memories.”

“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.”