“Fools talk, cowards are silent, wise men listen.”
Carlos Ruiz Zafón book The Shadow of the Wind
Source: La sombra del viento (The Shadow of the Wind) (2001)
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Carlos Ruiz ZafónOriginal title La sombra del viento (Spanish, 2001)
The Shadow of the Wind is a 2001 novel by the Spanish writer Carlos Ruiz Zafón and a worldwide bestseller. The book was translated into English in 2004 by Lucia Graves and sold over a million copies in the UK after already achieving success on mainland Europe, topping the Spanish bestseller lists for weeks. It was published in the United States by Penguin Books and in Great Britain by Weidenfeld & Nicolson and Orion Books. It is believed to have sold 15 million copies worldwide, making it one of the best-selling books of all time.
“Hope is cruel and has no consequence”
Carlos Ruiz Zafón book The Shadow of the Wind
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“While you're working, you don't have to look life in the eye.”
Carlos Ruiz Zafón book The Shadow of the Wind
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“Some things have to be seen in the shadows”
Carlos Ruiz Zafón book The Shadow of the Wind
Variant: somethings can only be seen in the shadows
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“Books hold no passports. There's only one true literary tradition: the human.”
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“A book is a mirror that offers us only what we already carry inside us.”
Carlos Ruiz Zafón book The Shadow of the Wind
Variant: Books are mirrors: you only see in them what you already have inside you.
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“She was seventeen, her entire life shining on her lips.”
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“All true stories begin and end in a cemetery" - The Shadow of the Wind”
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“In this world the only opinion that holds court is prejudice.”
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“We humans are willing to believe anything rather than the truth.”
Carlos Ruiz Zafón book The Shadow of the Wind
Variant: We are willing to believe anything other than the truth.
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