Delving into the past had unveiled a cruel lesson - that in the book of life it is perhaps best not to… — Carlos Ruiz Zafon Copy Share Image
Whoever said that childhood is the happiest time of your life is a liar, or a fool. — Carlos Ruiz Zafon Copy Share Image
“Senor Sempere believed that God lives, to a smaller or greater extent, in books, and that is why he devoted his life… — Carlos Ruiz Zafón Copy Share Image
“All the bad things you do in life come back to you, (David). And I've done a lot of bad things. A… — Carlos Ruiz Zafón Copy Share Image
“Only three or four things are worth living for; the rest is shit.” — Carlos Ruiz Zafón Copy Share Image
“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 Zafón Copy Share Image
“Life on the streets is short. People look at you in disgust, even the ones who give you alms, but this is… — Carlos Ruiz Zafón Copy Share Image
Every work of art is aggressive, Isabella. And every artist's life is a small war or a large one, beginning with oneself… — Carlos Ruiz Zafon Copy Share Image
Deep down we've never been who we think we once were, and we only remember what never happened. — Carlos Ruiz Zafon Copy Share Image
“Legions of men, butchered for the greater glory and the profit margins of bankers, chancellors, generals, stockbrokers, and other fathers of the… — Carlos Ruiz Zafón Copy Share Image
It is part of our nature to survive. Faith is an instinctive response to aspects of existence that we cannot explain by… — Carlos Ruiz Zafon Copy Share Image
All interpretation or observation of reality is necessarily fiction. In this case, the problem is that man is a moral animal abandoned… — Carlos Ruiz Zafon Copy Share Image
If you think you’re the only person for whom life is painful, you’re wrong. And if you don’t mind letting yourself die… — Carlos Ruiz Zafon Copy Share Image
Everything in life in nonsense. it's just a question of persepctive — Carlos Ruiz Zafon Copy Share Image
“the problem is that man is a moral animal abandoned in an amoral universe and condemned to a finite existence with no… — Carlos Ruiz Zafón Copy Share Image
Driven by a wish to save Tomás from a life of penury and misunderstanding, Fermin had decided that he needed to develop… — Carlos Ruiz Zafon 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 Image
“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 Image
“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 Image
“nations never see themselves clearly in the mirror, much less when war preys on their minds.” — Carlos Ruiz Zafón Copy Share Image
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 Image
“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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
“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 Image
