Quote by Carlos Ruiz Zafón Download Open image ““round lenses augmented them, and his pomaded”” — Carlos Ruiz Zafón ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.9 out of 5 (3 ratings) Copy quoteShare
“Those early spectacles were called roidi da ogli, meaning “disks for the eyes.” Thanks to their resemblance to lentil beans—lentes in Latin—the disks themselves… — Steven Johnson Copy Share Image
“The eyes were dark and startling. They held such a wealth of intellect and of twinkling gaiety that his glasses seemed to be worn… — Ayn Rand Copy Share Image
“The image produced by the scope was wonderfully sharp, but also extremely narrow,” — Peter Meredith Copy Share Image
“Well, the Dutch invented the microscope,” she said. “They were jewelers, grinders of lenses. They want it all as detailed as possible because even… — Donna Tartt Copy Share Image
I didn't think that and I didn't verbalize that to myself or within meetings that we ever had, but we wanted to make a… — Pierce Brosnan Copy Share Image
“His face was all sharp angles, thin and pointed, like something Pythagoras had doodled on the corner of his scroll before getting on with… — Philip Kerr Copy Share Image
“Seeing through the lens started to become a part of my day-to-day life and I focused on the everyday...I looked for beauty in things… — Lance Reynald Copy Share Image
“Everything that flickered could be made permanent. That was what drew him to photography, what made every painstaking step worth it: the permanence of… — Katie Roiphe Copy Share Image
“He must have given up on image making because his eyes had failed to see something they had yearned for; his mind had failed… — Josip Novakovich Copy Share Image
“The eye was placed where one ray should fall, that it might testify of that particular ray.” — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
Literally as well as metaphorically, the man accustomed to inverting lenses has undergone a revolutionary transformation of vision. — Thomas Kuhn 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
