It’s a story of love, of hatred, and of the dreams that live in the shadow of the wind. — Carlos Ruiz Zafon Copy Share Image
“—Alguien dijo una vez que en el momento en que te paras a pensar si quieres a alguien, ya has dejado de… — Carlos Ruiz Zafón Copy Share Image
“You only love truly once in your lifetime, even if you aren't always aware of it.” — Carlos Ruiz Zafón Copy Share Image
I became a writer, a teller of tales, because otherwise I would have died... or worse. — Carlos Ruiz Zafon Copy Share Image
“Marriage and family are only what we make of them. Without that they’re just a nest of hypocrisy. Garbage and empty words.… — Carlos Ruiz Zafón Copy Share Image
“ I knew then that I would devote every minute we had left together to making her happy, to repairing the pain… — Carlos Ruiz Zafón Copy Share Image
“Jacinta never told Penelope that she loved her. The nurse knew that those who really love, love in silence, with deeds and… — Carlos Ruiz Zafón Copy Share Image
“It's possible, and I stress possible, that such a moment may never come: you may not fall in love, you may not… — Carlos Ruiz Zafón Copy Share Image
You end up becoming someone you see in the eyes of those you love. — Carlos Ruiz Zafon Copy Share Image
“I know I found his lips and let him caress me without realizing that I, too, was crying and didn't know why.… — Carlos Ruiz Zafón Copy Share Image
Sometimes, in difficult circumstances, one can confuse compassion with love. — Carlos Ruiz Zafon Copy Share Image
“By the time the mind is able to comprehend what has happened, the wounds of the heart are already too deep.” — Carlos Ruiz Zafón Copy Share Image
“In the end, I think that's what matters, that he's truly a good person and that he's real. That he's someone you… — Carlos Ruiz Zafón Copy Share Image
“Women have an infallible instinct for knowing when a man has fallen madly in love with them, especially when the male in… — Carlos Ruiz Zafón Copy Share Image
The moment you stop to think about whether you love someone, you've already stopped loving that person forever. — Carlos Ruiz Zafon Copy Share Image
“Right then, in a nutshell: this one hasn't a single bone of obedient-little-wife material in her heavenly body.' 'Hasn't she? Then what… — Carlos Ruiz Zafón Copy Share Image
“You talk as if Bea were a trophy.' 'No, as if she were a blessing,' Fermin corrected.” — Carlos Ruiz Zafón Copy Share Image
“When he spoke those words, it seemed to Julian that the hatter had put off falling in love with his wife until… — Carlos Ruiz Zafón Copy Share Image
“Well, this is a story about books.” “About books?” “About accursed books, about the man who wrote them, about a character who… — Carlos Ruiz Zafón Copy Share Image
“Someone once said that the moment you stop to think about whether you love someone, you've already stopped loving that person forever.” — 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 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
