"We seem to live in a world where……" — Carlos Ruiz Zafon
"We seem to live in a world where forgetting and oblivion are an industry in themselves and very, very few people are remotely interested or aware of their own recent history, much less their neighbors'. I tend to think we are what we remember, what we know. The less we remember, the less we know about ourselves, the less we are. (Interview with Three Monkeys Online, October 2008)"
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241 Quotes by Carlos Ruiz Zafon
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that as long as we are being remembered, we remain alive.
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