In principle I'm an atheist, although in fact I have a lot of faith — Carlos Ruiz Zafon Copy Share Image
“Don't make the mistake of confusing the word of God with the missal industry that lives off it.” — Carlos Ruiz Zafón Copy Share Image
“Matematika je religija za ljude s mozgom, zato ima tako malo pristaša.” — Carlos Ruiz Zafón Copy Share Image
I've always said that idleness dulls the spirit. We have to keep the brain busy, or at least the hands if we… — Carlos Ruiz Zafon Copy Share Image
“Poetry aside, a religion is really a moral code, that is expressed through legends, myths, or any type of literary device in… — Carlos Ruiz Zafón Copy Share Image
“I know you're not a man of faith, Edmond, but faith is found when one isn't looking for it and the day… — Carlos Ruiz Zafón Copy Share Image
“A religion is really a moral code that is expressed through legends, myths or any type of literary device in order to… — Carlos Ruiz Zafón Copy Share Image
“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 Copy Share Image
“The main pillar of organized religion, with few exceptions, is the subjugation, repression, even the annulment of women in the group. Woman… — Carlos Ruiz Zafón Copy Share Image
“They teach us that human beings learn and absorb ideas and concepts through narrative, through stories, not through lessons or theoretical speeches.… — Carlos Ruiz Zafón Copy Share Image
“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 Copy Share Image
Do you know what religion is, Martin, my friend? -I can barely remember Lord's Prayer. -A beautiful and well-crafted prayer. Poetry aside,… — Carlos Ruiz Zafon Copy Share Image
“It is part of our nature to survive. Faith is an instinctive response to the aspects of existence that we cannot explain… — Carlos Ruiz Zafón Copy Share Image
“[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 Copy Share Image
“Envy is the religion of the mediocre. It comforts them, it soothes their worries, and finally it rots their souls, allowing them… — Carlos Ruiz Zafón Copy Share Image
“Our world will not die as a result of the bomb, as the papers say, it will die of laughter, of banality, of making a joke… — Carlos Ruiz Zafon Copy Share
“I carried the trace of her lips, of her breath on my skin through streets full of faceless people escaping from offices and shops.” — Carlos Ruiz Zafón Copy Share
“Nekada davno, u djetinjstvu, možda is toga što sam odrastao među knjigama i knjižarima, odlučio sam da želim postati pisac i živjeti životom punim… — Carlos Ruiz Zafón Copy Share
“nations never see themselves clearly in the mirror, much less when war preys on their minds.” — Carlos Ruiz Zafón Copy Share
People might not agree with me, but I think a woman should have a feminine shape, something you can get your hands on. You,… — Carlos Ruiz Zafon Copy Share
“But I couldn't absorb the idea that death could actually walk by my side, with a human face and a heart that was poisoned… — Carlos Ruiz Zafón Copy Share
Once I'd worked out that I couldn't possibly expect people to enjoy a monstrous, 3000-page book, I realised I could in fact create a… — Carlos Ruiz Zafon Copy Share
The haunting of history is ever present in Barcelona. I see cities as organisms, as living creatures. To me, Madrid is a man and… — Carlos Ruiz Zafon Copy Share
“The main pillar of organized religion, with few exceptions, is the subjugation, repression, even the annulment of women in the group. Woman must accept… — Carlos Ruiz Zafón Copy Share
“Bea says that the art of reading is slowly dying, that it's an intimate ritual, that a book is a mirror that offers us… — Carlos Ruiz Zafon Copy Share
“Darwin was a dreamer, I can assure you. No evolution or anything of the sort. For every one who can reason, I have to… — Carlos Ruiz Zafón Copy Share