Carlos Ruiz Zafón: Quotes about people

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

“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.”

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

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

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

“People only disappear when they have somewhere to go”

“If people thought a quarter of what they speak, this world would be heaven.”

“That's what happens when people reach old age; nobody remembers they've been bastards too.”

“A secret's worth depends on the people from whom it must be kept.”

“People talk too much. Humans aren't descended from monkeys. They come from parrots.”

“… sometimes one feels freer speaking to a stranger than to people one knows. Why is that?"
“Probably because a stranger sees us the way we are, not as he wishes to think we are.”