Quotes from book
The Shadow of the Wind
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.
“Memories are worse than bullets.”
Variant: There are worse prisons than words.
Source: La sombra del viento (The Shadow of the Wind) (2001)
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
“Fools talk, cowards are silent, wise men listen.”
Source: La sombra del viento (The Shadow of the Wind) (2001)
Source: The Shadow of the Wind
“People tend to complicate their own lives, as if living weren't already complicated enough.”
Source: The Shadow of the Wind
“People talk too much. Humans aren't descended from monkeys. They come from parrots.”
Source: The Shadow of the Wind
“Paris is the only city in the world where starving to death is still considered an art.”
Source: The Shadow of the Wind
“A secret's worth depends on the people from whom it must be kept.”
Source: La sombra del viento (The Shadow of the Wind) (2001)
“There are few reasons for telling the truth, but for lying the number is infinite.”
Source: The Shadow of the Wind
