“nations never see themselves clearly in the mirror, much less when war preys on their minds.” — Carlos Ruiz Zafón Copy Share Image
“Bea says that the art of reading is slowly dying, that it's an intimate ritual, that a book is a mirror that… — Carlos Ruiz Zafon Copy Share Image
“The female heart is a labyrinth of subtleties, too challenging for the uncouth mind of the male racketeer. If you really want… — Carlos Ruiz Zafón Copy Share Image
You have to seduce the reader, manipulate their mind and heart, listen to the music of language. I sometimes think of prose… — Carlos Ruiz Zafon Copy Share Image
I always had this childhood image in the back of my mind of this fantastic place where all the things I liked… — Carlos Ruiz Zafon Copy Share Image
Life had taught her that we all require big and small lies in order to survive, just as much as we need… — Carlos Ruiz Zafon Copy Share Image
“Mr. Aguilar belonged to that race of privileged minds who are always right.” — Carlos Ruiz Zafón Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
It is difficult to hate an idea. That requires a certain intellectual discipline and a slightly obsessive, sick mind. There aren’t too… — Carlos Ruiz Zafon Copy Share Image
“I had not understood that this was a story about lonely people, about absence and loss, and that that was why I… — Carlos Ruiz Zafón Copy Share Image
...until that moment I had not understood that this was a story about lonely people, about absence and loss, and that that… — Carlos Ruiz Zafon Copy Share Image
“The female heart is a labyrinth of subtleties, too challenging for the uncouth mind of the male racketeer.” — Carlos Ruiz Zafón Copy Share Image
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 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
One of the pitfalls of childhood is that one doesn't have to understand something to feel it. By the time the mind… — Carlos Ruiz Zafon Copy Share Image
He lost himself in the words and images conjured in his mind and for a while forgot ... He found himself flying… — Carlos Ruiz Zafon Copy Share Image
“There are yokels out there who think that if they touch a woman's behind and she doesn't complain, they've hooked her. Amateurs.… — Carlos Ruiz Zafón Copy Share Image
“the art of reading is slowly dying, that it’s an intimate ritual, that a book is a mirror that offers us only… — Carlos Ruiz Zafón Copy Share Image
“If retirement requires a certain degree of peace of mind and an easy conscience, Victor Florian did not appear to have much… — Carlos Ruiz Zafón Copy Share Image
“Max had once read in one of his father's books that some childhood images become engraved in the mind like photographs, like… — 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
