--- title: "4 Gothic Quotes By Carlos Ruiz Zafon" description: "4 Gothic quotes by Carlos Ruiz Zafon. Plus more from Carlos Ruiz Zafon and more Gothic sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/08b/carlos-ruiz-zafon-126_20th-century_i-knew-then-that-i-would-devote-every-mi_754670.jpg" --- > [“ I knew then that I would devote every minute we had left together to making her happy, to repairing the pain…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carlos-ruiz-zafon/i-knew-then-that-i-would-devote-every-minute-we-had-left-together-to/) [Carlos Ruiz Zafón](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/carlos-ruiz-zafon/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/08b/carlos-ruiz-zafon-126_20th-century_i-knew-then-that-i-would-devote-every-mi_754670.jpg) > [Mention the gothic, and many readers will probably picture gloomy castles and an assortment of sinister Victoriana. However, the truth is that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carlos-ruiz-zafon/mention-the-gothic-and-many-readers-will-probably-picture-gloomy/) [Carlos Ruiz Zafon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/carlos-ruiz-zafon/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3b1/carlos-ruiz-zafon-126_20th-century_mention-the-gothic-and-many-readers-will_961596.jpg) > [One of my ambitions has been to go back to what those great authors were doing then ... to bridge that sensibility…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carlos-ruiz-zafon/one-of-my-ambitions-has-been-to-go-back-to-what-those-great-authors/) [Carlos Ruiz Zafon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/carlos-ruiz-zafon/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/159/carlos-ruiz-zafon-126_ambition_one-of-my-ambitions-has-been-to-go-back_2026492.jpg) > [Shirley Jackson's writings are a must for aficionados of the gothic and of good literature.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carlos-ruiz-zafon/shirley-jackson-s-writings-are-a-must-for-aficionados-of-the-gothic/) [Carlos Ruiz Zafon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/carlos-ruiz-zafon/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/937/carlos-ruiz-zafon-126_books_shirley-jackson-s-writings-are-a-must-fo_2168555.jpg) ## Other authors on Gothic - [Simona Panova 24 quotes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/gothic/simona-panova/) - [Jake Vander-Ark 13 quotes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/gothic/jake-vander-ark-2/) - [Nathan Reese Maher 12 quotes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/gothic/nathan-reese-maher/) - [Hazel Butler 12 quotes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/gothic/hazel-butler/) - [Gwenn Wright 9 quotes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/gothic/gwenn-wright/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b006/author-charles-trevelyan-22636.jpg) Shane K.P. O'Neill 8 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/gothic/shane-k-p-o-neill/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b007/author-valon-g-26172.jpg) Valon G 7 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/gothic/valon-g/) ## More by Carlos Ruiz Zafon > [“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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carlos-ruiz-zafon/our-world-will-not-die-as-a-result-of-the-bomb-as-the-papers-say-it/) [Carlos Ruiz Zafon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/carlos-ruiz-zafon/) > [“I carried the trace of her lips, of her breath on my skin through streets full of faceless people escaping from offices and shops.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carlos-ruiz-zafon/i-carried-the-trace-of-her-lips-of-her-breath-on-my-skin-through/) [Carlos Ruiz Zafón](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/carlos-ruiz-zafon/) > [“Nekada davno, u djetinjstvu, možda is toga što sam odrastao među knjigama i knjižarima, odlučio sam da želim postati pisac i živjeti životom punim…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carlos-ruiz-zafon/nekada-davno-u-djetinjstvu-mo-da-is-toga-to-sam-odrastao-me-u/) [Carlos Ruiz Zafón](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/carlos-ruiz-zafon/) > [“nations never see themselves clearly in the mirror, much less when war preys on their minds.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carlos-ruiz-zafon/nations-never-see-themselves-clearly-in-the-mirror-much-less-when-war/) [Carlos Ruiz Zafón](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/carlos-ruiz-zafon/) > [People might not agree with me, but I think a woman should have a feminine shape, something you can get your hands on. You,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carlos-ruiz-zafon/people-might-not-agree-with-me-but-i-think-a-woman-should-have-a/) [Carlos Ruiz Zafon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/carlos-ruiz-zafon/) > [“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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carlos-ruiz-zafon/but-i-couldn-t-absorb-the-idea-that-death-could-actually-walk-by-my/) [Carlos Ruiz Zafón](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/carlos-ruiz-zafon/) > [“Wise men think and speak alike.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carlos-ruiz-zafon/wise-men-think-and-speak-alike/) [Carlos Ruiz Zafón](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/carlos-ruiz-zafon/) > [“Time plays for the other team.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carlos-ruiz-zafon/time-plays-for-the-other-team/) [Carlos Ruiz Zafón](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/carlos-ruiz-zafon/) > [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carlos-ruiz-zafon/once-i-d-worked-out-that-i-couldn-t-possibly-expect-people-to-enjoy-a/) [Carlos Ruiz Zafon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/carlos-ruiz-zafon/) > [The haunting of history is ever present in Barcelona. I see cities as organisms, as living creatures. To me, Madrid is a man and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carlos-ruiz-zafon/the-haunting-of-history-is-ever-present-in-barcelona-i-see-cities-as/) [Carlos Ruiz Zafon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/carlos-ruiz-zafon/) > [Waiting is the rust of the soul.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carlos-ruiz-zafon/waiting-is-the-rust-of-the-soul/) [Carlos Ruiz Zafon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/carlos-ruiz-zafon/) > [“The main pillar of organized religion, with few exceptions, is the subjugation, repression, even the annulment of women in the group. Woman must accept…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carlos-ruiz-zafon/the-main-pillar-of-organized-religion-with-few-exceptions-is-the/) [Carlos Ruiz Zafón](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/carlos-ruiz-zafon/) > [“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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carlos-ruiz-zafon/bea-says-that-the-art-of-reading-is-slowly-dying-that-it-s-an/) [Carlos Ruiz Zafon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/carlos-ruiz-zafon/) > [Human beings believe just as they breathe - in order to survive.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carlos-ruiz-zafon/human-beings-believe-just-as-they-breathe-in-order-to-survive/) [Carlos Ruiz Zafon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/carlos-ruiz-zafon/) > [“Darwin was a dreamer, I can assure you. No evolution or anything of the sort. For every one who can reason, I have to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carlos-ruiz-zafon/darwin-was-a-dreamer-i-can-assure-you-no-evolution-or-anything-of-the/) [Carlos Ruiz Zafón](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/carlos-ruiz-zafon/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/gothic/carlos-ruiz-zafon/#itemlist", "name": "4 Gothic Quotes By Carlos Ruiz Zafon", "numberOfItems": 4, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“ I knew then that I would devote every minute we had left together to making her happy, to repairing the pain I had caused her and returning to her what I never known how to give her. 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