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‘It seems we crave the wilderness, and then in finding it, we destroy it.’
“I was raised among books, making invisible friends in pages that seemed cast from dust and whose smell I carry on my hands to this day.”
― The Shadow of the Wind
― The Shadow of the Wind
“Sometimes we think people are like lottery tickets, that they're there to make our most absurd dreams come true.”
― The Shadow of the Wind
― The Shadow of the Wind
“A writer never forgets the first time he accepted a few coins or a word of praise in exchange for a story. He will never forget the sweet poison of vanity in his blood and the belief that, if he succeeds in not letting anyone discover his lack of talent, the dream of literature will provide him with a roof over his head, a hot meal at the end of the day, and what he covets the most: his name printed on a miserable piece of paper that surely will outlive him. A writer is condemned to remember that moment, because from then on he is doomed and his soul has a price.”
― The Angel's Game
― The Angel's Game
“Memories are worse than bullets.”
― The Shadow of the Wind
― The Shadow of the Wind
“Fermin hung up the phone and went back to the waiting room.
Fernandito watched him anxiously. “Who were you talking to?”
“To common sense.”
― Cemetery of Forgotten Series 4 Books Collection Set By Carlos Ruiz Zafon
Fernandito watched him anxiously. “Who were you talking to?”
“To common sense.”
― Cemetery of Forgotten Series 4 Books Collection Set By Carlos Ruiz Zafon
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