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…

— 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…

— Carlos Ruiz Zafón

“Nekada davno, u djetinjstvu, možda is toga što sam odrastao među knjigama i knjižarima, odlučio sam da želim postati pisac i živjeti…

— Carlos Ruiz Zafón

“nations never see themselves clearly in the mirror, much less when war preys on their minds.”

— Carlos Ruiz Zafón

People might not agree with me, but I think a woman should have a feminine shape, something you can get your hands…

— 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…

— Carlos Ruiz Zafón

“Wise men think and speak alike.”

— Carlos Ruiz Zafón

“Time plays for the other team.”

— Carlos Ruiz Zafón

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…

— 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…

— Carlos Ruiz Zafon

Waiting is the rust of the soul.

— 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…

— Carlos Ruiz Zafón

“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

Human beings believe just as they breathe - in order to survive.

— 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…

— Carlos Ruiz Zafón

“„Čovjek ne može shvatiti ništa u životu dok ne shvati smrt.”

— Carlos Ruiz Zafón

“Dani su prestali nositi ime.”

— Carlos Ruiz Zafón

Martin, at my age, eroticism is reduced to enjoying caramel custard and looking at widows' necks.' - Senor Sempere.

— Carlos Ruiz Zafon

There was no more good or evil in this world than we imagine there to be, either out of greed or out…

— Carlos Ruiz Zafon

“I don’t trust people who say they have a lot of friends. It’s a sure sign that they don’t really know anyone.”

— Carlos Ruiz Zafón

There are worse prisons than words.

— Carlos Ruiz Zafon

“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

“El destino suele estar a la vuelta de la esquina. (…) Pero lo que no hace es visitas a domicilio. Hay que…

— Carlos Ruiz Zafón

Few things leave a deeper mark on the reader, than the first book that finds its way to his heart.

— Carlos Ruiz Zafon

I am a night creature, and I write from midnight till dawn, secluded in my office and surrounded by my collection of…

— Carlos Ruiz Zafon