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Carlos Ruiz Zafon Quotes

I’m interested in everything. I don’t see why Borges can’t work along with Neil Gaiman, or Stephen King can’t be mixed with Balzac. It’s just storytelling; it’s different ways of using codes and images and words and sounds Picture Quote #1

Destiny is usually just around the corner. Like a thief, a hooker, or a lottery vendor: its three most common personifications. But what destiny does not do is home visits. You have to go for it Picture Quote #1

As it unfolded, the structure of the story began to remind me of one of those Russian dolls that contain innumerable ever-smaller dolls within. Step by step the narrative split into a thousand stories, as if it had entered a gallery of mirrors, its identity fragmented into endless reflections Picture Quote #1

Never trust anyone, Daniel, especially the people you admire. Those are the ones who will make you suffer the worst blows Picture Quote #1

Army, Marriage, the Church, and Baking: the Four Horseman of the Apocalypse. Fermin Romero de Torres - The Shadow of the Wind Picture Quote #1

-Do you think it’s dirty money? -All money is dirty. If it were clean nobody would want it Picture Quote #1

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I’m not talking to anyone, I’m delivering a monologue. It’s the inebriated man’s prerogative Picture Quote #1

He (Intellectuals) claims that label to compensate for his own inadequacies. It’s as old as that saying: tell me what you boast of and I’ll tell you what you lack. Our daily bread. The incompetent always present themselves as experts, the cruel as pious, sinners as excessively devout, usurers as benefactors, the small-minded as patriots, the arrogant as humble, the vulgar as elegant and the feeble-minded as intellectual Picture Quote #1

Old age is the lubricant of belief. When death knocks at the door, skepticism flies out the window. A serious cardiovascular fright and a person will even believe in Little Red Riding Hood Picture Quote #1

I don’t suppose you have many friends. Neither do I. 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 Picture Quote #1

Julian once wrote that coincidences are the scars of fate. There are no coincidences, Daniel. We are puppets of our subconscious desires Picture Quote #1

How many lost souls do You need, Lord, to satisfy Your hunger? the hatter asked. God, in His infinite silence, looked at him without blinking Picture Quote #1

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In Los Angeles you get the sense sometimes that there’s a mysterious patrol at night: when the streets are empty and everyone’s asleep, they go erasing the past. It’s like a bad Ray Bradbury story Picture Quote #1

I am a night creature, and I write from midnight till dawn, secluded in my office and surrounded by my collection of dragons (I have 400 of them). I only use Macintosh computers, which I name in dynastic order. Right now I’m using MacDragon 5. Only the devil is able to decipher my handwriting Picture Quote #1

My wife and I were never happy here. Spain can be narrow-minded, and provincial. In LA you don’t have to justify yourself. I think I will leave here again soon and move back there Picture Quote #1

I knew when I was writing The Angel’s Game that a lot of people would be upset that I didn’t write Shadow Of The Wind 2. That’s okay, that’s part of the game. You do what you have to do. If they like it, great. If they don’t, too bad. What are you going to do? Picture Quote #1

I was very bored at school. I found it very easy and slow and grey. My teachers didn’t really know how to handle me, because I was very sarcastic. I was over-confident, arrogant, a typical youngest child. I went through periods of withdrawing into myself and school psychologists tried to figure me out, work out why I didn’t fit in. I found that irritating, too Picture Quote #1

The haunting of history is ever present in Barcelona. I see cities as organisms, as living creatures. To me, Madrid is a man and Barcelona is a woman. And its a woman whos extremely vain Picture Quote #1

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Mention the gothic, and many readers will probably picture gloomy castles and an assortment of sinister Victoriana. However, the truth is that the gothic genre has continued to flourish and evolve since the days of Bram Stoker, producing some of its most interesting and accomplished examples in the 20th century - in literature, film and beyond Picture Quote #1

Every self-respecting act of persuasion must find appeal to curiosity, then to vanity, and lastly to kindness or remorse. Isabella looked down and slowly nodded Picture Quote #1

In Los Angeles you get the sense sometimes that there’s a mysterious patrol at night: when the streets are empty and everyone’s asleep, they go erasing the past. It’s like a bad Ray Bradbury story - ‘The Memory Erasers’ Picture Quote #1

Don’t be afraid of being scared. To be afraid is a sign of common sense. Only complete idiots are not afraid of anything Picture Quote #1

Those were the words she wanted to hear and she finally surrendered to the temptation of believing them Picture Quote #1

In the shop we buy and sell them, but in truth books have no owner. Every book you see here has been somebody’s best friend Picture Quote #1

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And as he watched them walk out of the orphanage, Thomas Carter would think of their lives as the blank pages of a book in which he had written the initial chapters of a story he would never be allowed to finish Picture Quote #1

Delving into the past had unveiled a cruel lesson - that in the book of life it is perhaps best not to turn back pages; it was a path on which, whatever direction we took, we’d never be able to choose our own destiny Picture Quote #1

With ‘The Angel’s Game’, there was a lot of pressure from the expectations - expectations from the book industry and from readers; it’s natural Picture Quote #1

I’ve always said that idleness dulls the spirit. We have to keep the brain busy, or at least the hands if we don’t have a brain Picture Quote #1

The success of ‘The Shadow of the Wind’ made me very happy, but it did not change my perspective or the way I was Picture Quote #1

I always had this childhood image in the back of my mind of this fantastic place where all the things I liked came from; Orson Welles, jazz, all that stuff. Los Angeles is one of those places where somebodies become nobodies and nobodies become somebody Picture Quote #1

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I’m interested in everything. I don’t see why Borges can’t work along with Neil Gaiman, or Stephen King can’t be mixed with Balzac. It’s just storytelling; it’s different ways of using codes and images and words and sounds (Carlos Ruiz Zafon Quotes) Destiny is usually just around the corner. Like a thief, a hooker, or a lottery vendor: its three most common personifications. But what destiny does not do is home visits. You have to go for it (Carlos Ruiz Zafon Quotes) As it unfolded, the structure of the story began to remind me of one of those Russian dolls that contain innumerable ever-smaller dolls within. Step by step the narrative split into a thousand stories, as if it had entered a gallery of mirrors, its identity fragmented into endless reflections (Carlos Ruiz Zafon Quotes) Never trust anyone, Daniel, especially the people you admire. Those are the ones who will make you suffer the worst blows (Carlos Ruiz Zafon Quotes) Army, Marriage, the Church, and Baking: the Four Horseman of the Apocalypse. Fermin Romero de Torres - The Shadow of the Wind (Carlos Ruiz Zafon Quotes) -Do you think it’s dirty money? -All money is dirty. If it were clean nobody would want it (Carlos Ruiz Zafon Quotes) I’m not talking to anyone, I’m delivering a monologue. It’s the inebriated man’s prerogative (Carlos Ruiz Zafon Quotes) He (Intellectuals) claims that label to compensate for his own inadequacies. It’s as old as that saying: tell me what you boast of and I’ll tell you what you lack. Our daily bread. The incompetent always present themselves as experts, the cruel as pious, sinners as excessively devout, usurers as benefactors, the small-minded as patriots, the arrogant as humble, the vulgar as elegant and the feeble-minded as intellectual (Carlos Ruiz Zafon Quotes) Old age is the lubricant of belief. When death knocks at the door, skepticism flies out the window. A serious cardiovascular fright and a person will even believe in Little Red Riding Hood (Carlos Ruiz Zafon Quotes) I don’t suppose you have many friends. Neither do I. 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 Zafon Quotes) Julian once wrote that coincidences are the scars of fate. There are no coincidences, Daniel. We are puppets of our subconscious desires (Carlos Ruiz Zafon Quotes) How many lost souls do You need, Lord, to satisfy Your hunger? the hatter asked. God, in His infinite silence, looked at him without blinking (Carlos Ruiz Zafon Quotes) In Los Angeles you get the sense sometimes that there’s a mysterious patrol at night: when the streets are empty and everyone’s asleep, they go erasing the past. It’s like a bad Ray Bradbury story (Carlos Ruiz Zafon Quotes) I am a night creature, and I write from midnight till dawn, secluded in my office and surrounded by my collection of dragons (I have 400 of them). I only use Macintosh computers, which I name in dynastic order. Right now I’m using MacDragon 5. Only the devil is able to decipher my handwriting (Carlos Ruiz Zafon Quotes) My wife and I were never happy here. Spain can be narrow-minded, and provincial. In LA you don’t have to justify yourself. I think I will leave here again soon and move back there (Carlos Ruiz Zafon Quotes) I knew when I was writing The Angel’s Game that a lot of people would be upset that I didn’t write Shadow Of The Wind 2. That’s okay, that’s part of the game. You do what you have to do. If they like it, great. If they don’t, too bad. What are you going to do? (Carlos Ruiz Zafon Quotes) I was very bored at school. I found it very easy and slow and grey. My teachers didn’t really know how to handle me, because I was very sarcastic. I was over-confident, arrogant, a typical youngest child. I went through periods of withdrawing into myself and school psychologists tried to figure me out, work out why I didn’t fit in. I found that irritating, too (Carlos Ruiz Zafon Quotes) The haunting of history is ever present in Barcelona. I see cities as organisms, as living creatures. To me, Madrid is a man and Barcelona is a woman. And its a woman whos extremely vain (Carlos Ruiz Zafon Quotes) Mention the gothic, and many readers will probably picture gloomy castles and an assortment of sinister Victoriana. However, the truth is that the gothic genre has continued to flourish and evolve since the days of Bram Stoker, producing some of its most interesting and accomplished examples in the 20th century - in literature, film and beyond (Carlos Ruiz Zafon Quotes) Every self-respecting act of persuasion must find appeal to curiosity, then to vanity, and lastly to kindness or remorse. Isabella looked down and slowly nodded (Carlos Ruiz Zafon Quotes) In Los Angeles you get the sense sometimes that there’s a mysterious patrol at night: when the streets are empty and everyone’s asleep, they go erasing the past. It’s like a bad Ray Bradbury story - ‘The Memory Erasers’. (Carlos Ruiz Zafon Quotes) Don’t be afraid of being scared. To be afraid is a sign of common sense. Only complete idiots are not afraid of anything. (Carlos Ruiz Zafon Quotes) Those were the words she wanted to hear and she finally surrendered to the temptation of believing them. (Carlos Ruiz Zafon Quotes) In the shop we buy and sell them, but in truth books have no owner. Every book you see here has been somebody’s best friend. (Carlos Ruiz Zafon Quotes) And as he watched them walk out of the orphanage, Thomas Carter would think of their lives as the blank pages of a book in which he had written the initial chapters of a story he would never be allowed to finish. (Carlos Ruiz Zafon Quotes) Delving into the past had unveiled a cruel lesson - that in the book of life it is perhaps best not to turn back pages; it was a path on which, whatever direction we took, we’d never be able to choose our own destiny. (Carlos Ruiz Zafon Quotes) With ‘The Angel’s Game’, there was a lot of pressure from the expectations - expectations from the book industry and from readers; it’s natural. (Carlos Ruiz Zafon Quotes) I’ve always said that idleness dulls the spirit. We have to keep the brain busy, or at least the hands if we don’t have a brain. (Carlos Ruiz Zafon Quotes) The success of ‘The Shadow of the Wind’ made me very happy, but it did not change my perspective or the way I was. (Carlos Ruiz Zafon Quotes) I always had this childhood image in the back of my mind of this fantastic place where all the things I liked came from; Orson Welles, jazz, all that stuff. Los Angeles is one of those places where somebodies become nobodies and nobodies become somebody. (Carlos Ruiz Zafon Quotes)

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