History Quote by Carlos Ruiz Zafón

“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

“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

“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

“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 on. You,…

— 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…

— 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 create a…

— 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…

— 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 must accept…

— Carlos Ruiz Zafón