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“Every time a book changes hands, every time someone runs his eyes down its pages, its spirit grows and strengthens.”

Carlos Ruiz Zafón

Carlos Ruiz Zafón quote: “To truly hate is an art one learns with time.”

“To truly hate is an art one learns with time.”

Carlos Ruiz Zafón book The Shadow of the Wind

Source: The Shadow of the Wind

“I could tell you it's the heart, but what is really killing him is loneliness. Memories are worse than bullets.”

Carlos Ruiz Zafón book The Shadow of the Wind

Source: The Shadow of the Wind

“Silence makes idiots seem wise even for a minute.”

Carlos Ruiz Zafón book The Angel's Game

Source: The Angel's Game

“that as long as we are being remembered, we remain alive.”

Carlos Ruiz Zafón book The Shadow of the Wind

Variant: So long as we are being remembered, we remain alive.
Source: The Shadow of the Wind

“Sometimes we think people are like lottery tickets, that they're there to make our most absurd dreams come true.”

Carlos Ruiz Zafón book The Shadow of the Wind

Source: The Shadow of the Wind

“I was raised among books, making invisible friends in pages that seemed cast from dust and whose smell I carry on my hands to this day.”

Carlos Ruiz Zafón book The Shadow of the Wind

Source: The Shadow of the Wind

“Presents are made for the pleasure of who gives them, not the merits of who receives them.”

Carlos Ruiz Zafón book The Shadow of the Wind

Source: The Shadow of the Wind

“But in good time you'll see that sometimes what matters isn't what one gives but what one gives up.”

Carlos Ruiz Zafón book The Shadow of the Wind

Source: The Shadow of the Wind

“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.”

Carlos Ruiz Zafón book The Shadow of the Wind

Source: The Shadow of the Wind

“I don't suppose you have many friends. Neither do I. I don't trust people who say they have a lot of friends. It's a sure sign that they don't really know anyone.”

Carlos Ruiz Zafón book The Angel's Game

Source: The Angel's Game

“Never trust anyone, Daniel, especially the people you admire. Those are the ones who will make you suffer the worst blows.”

Carlos Ruiz Zafón book The Shadow of the Wind

Source: The Shadow of the Wind

“Memories are worse than bullets.”

Carlos Ruiz Zafón book The Shadow of the Wind

Variant: There are worse prisons than words.
Source: La sombra del viento (The Shadow of the Wind) (2001)

“The moment you stop to think about whether you love someone, you've already stopped loving that person forever.”

Carlos Ruiz Zafón book The Shadow of the Wind

Variant: Someone once said that the moment you stop to think about whether you love someone, you've already stopped loving that person forever.
Source: The Shadow of the Wind

Carlos Ruiz Zafón quote: “Poetry is written with tears, fiction with blood, and history with invisible ink.”

“Poetry is written with tears, fiction with blood, and history with invisible ink.”

Carlos Ruiz Zafón book The Angel's Game

Source: The Angel's Game

“Do you know the best thing about broken hearts? They can only really break once the rest is just scratches.”

Carlos Ruiz Zafón book The Angel's Game

Source: The Angel's Game

“Making money isn't hard in itself… What's hard is to earn it doing something worth devoting one's life to.”

Carlos Ruiz Zafón book The Shadow of the Wind

Source: The Shadow of the Wind

“People tend to complicate their own lives, as if living weren't already complicated enough.”

Carlos Ruiz Zafón book The Shadow of the Wind

Source: The Shadow of the Wind

“Destiny is usually just around the corner. Like a thief, a hooker, or a lottery vendor: its three most common personifications. But what destiny does not do is home visits. You have to go for it.”

Carlos Ruiz Zafón book The Shadow of the Wind

Source: The Shadow of the Wind

“Every book has a soul, the soul of the person who wrote it and the soul of those who read it and dream about it.”

Carlos Ruiz Zafón book The Angel's Game

Source: The Angel's Game