Books Quotes by Carlos Ruiz Zafon

Books are mirrors: you only see in them what you already have inside you.

— Carlos Ruiz Zafón

“I started off for home, where I planned to recruit a good book and hide away from the world.”

— Carlos Ruiz Zafón

“In the shop we buy & sell them, but in truth books have no owner.”

— Carlos Ruiz Zafón

“In the shop we buy and sell them, but in truth books have no owner.”

— Carlos Ruiz Zafón

“...in truth, books have no owner. Every book you see here has been somebody's best friend.”

— Carlos Ruiz Zafón

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

— Carlos Ruiz Zafon

“I was no longer able to hear the music that issues from a decent piece of prose.”

— Carlos Ruiz Zafón

“A story is a letter the author writes to himself”

— Carlos Ruiz Zafón

“My favourite place in the whole city was the Sempere & Sons bookshop on Calle Santa Anna. It smelled of old paper…

— Carlos Ruiz Zafón

“But if you like, you can come share a tasty meal of bread, raisins, and fresh Burgos cheese. With that, and The…

— Carlos Ruiz Zafón

“Aryami Bose's home had been closed up for years, inhabited only by books and paintings, but the spectre of thousands of memories…

— Carlos Ruiz Zafón

I'm a voracious reader, and I like to explore all sorts of writing without prejudice and without paying any attention to labels,…

— Carlos Ruiz Zafon

The greatest multiplex in the universe is inside your mind, and the only ticket you need is a good, well-written novel.

— Carlos Ruiz Zafon

“Every book, every volume that you see here, has a soul. The soul of the person who wrote it and of those…

— Carlos Ruiz Zafón

“To Senor Sempere, the best friend a book could ever have: you opened the doors to the world for me and showed…

— Carlos Ruiz Zafón

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

— Carlos Ruiz Zafon

“This is a place of mystery, Daniel, a sanctuary. Every book, every volume you see here, has a soul. The soul of…

— Carlos Ruiz Zafón

I looked up towards the immensity of the labyrinth. "How does one choose a single book among so many?" Isaac shrugged his…

— Carlos Ruiz Zafon

Mention the gothic, and many readers will probably picture gloomy castles and an assortment of sinister Victoriana. However, the truth is that…

— Carlos Ruiz Zafon

A piece of literature can be many things but first of all it must capture its audience. You need to seduce people,…

— Carlos Ruiz Zafon

I would like to save all books, those that are banned, those that are burned, or forgotten with contempt by the mandarins…

— Carlos Ruiz Zafon

“Perhaps if by chance I was seen arranging the shop window in my underpants, some lady in need of strong literary emotions…

— Carlos Ruiz Zafón

Normal people bring children into the world; we novelists bring books. We are condemned to put our whole lives into them, even…

— Carlos Ruiz Zafon

“Write,” he said. “I’ll write to you as soon as I get there,” answered Julián. “No. Not to me. Write books. Not…

— Carlos Ruiz Zafón

As readers, we want not only a strong story, but also characters we can relate to, characters that feel real. We have…

— Carlos Ruiz Zafon

I couldn't help thinking that if I, by pure chance, had found a whole universe in a single unknown book, buried in…

— Carlos Ruiz Zafon

“[Fables] teach us that human beings learn and absorb ideas and concepts through narrative, through stories, not through lessons or theoretical speeches.…

— Carlos Ruiz Zafón

“This place is a mystery. A sanctuary. Every book, every volume you see, has a soul. The soul of the person who…

— Carlos Ruiz Zafón

The thing is that my first novel, which was basically a mystery adventure story, won quite an important award in Spain for…

— Carlos Ruiz Zafon

“Never before had I felt trapped, so seduced and caught up in a story,' Clara explained, 'the way I did with that…

— Carlos Ruiz Zafón

“The bookseller handed me the book and winked. "Have a good look at it, little dumpling. I don't want you coming back…

— Carlos Ruiz Zafón

“That book taught me that by reading, I could live more intensely. It could give me back the sight I had lost.…

— Carlos Ruiz Zafón

“I knew that Clara kept Carax's book in a glass cabinet by the arch of the balcony. I crept up to it.…

— Carlos Ruiz Zafón

“I found my father asleep in his dining-room armchair, with a blanket over his legs and his favorite book open in his…

— Carlos Ruiz Zafón

“Never before had I felt trapped, seduced, and caught up in a story,' Clara explained, 'the way I did with that book.…

— Carlos Ruiz Zafón

“I recommend readers to be adventurous and to try things they’ve never heard of or considered reading before. Get out of the…

— Carlos Ruiz Zafón

“As it unfolded, the structure of the story began to remind me of one of those Russian dolls that contain innumerable diminishing…

— Carlos Ruiz Zafón

“Books are boring.' 'Books are mirrors: you only see in them what you already have inside you.”

— Carlos Ruiz Zafón

Few things leave a deeper mark on the reader, than the first book that finds its way to his heart.

— Carlos Ruiz Zafon

“a story is a letter the author writes to himself to tell what he wouldn't discover otherwise.”

— Carlos Ruiz Zafón