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And here I was thinking you were a bit slow, what with so much asking and not knowing anything. (Carlos Ruiz Zafón)
I quarreled with every word, every phrase and expression, every image and letter as if they were the last I was ever going to write. I wrote and rewrote every line as if my life depended on it, and then rewrote it again. View quote
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There are worse prisons than words. View quote
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Our world will not die as the result of the bomb, as the papers say, it will die of laughter, of banality, or making a joke of everything, and a lousy joke at that. View quote
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I swim against the tide because I like to annoy. View quote
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People only disappear when they have somewhere to go. View quote
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She was seventeen, her entire life shining on her lips. View quote
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If you really want to possess a woman, you must think like her, and the first thing to do is win over her soul. The rest, that sweet, soft wrapping that steals away your senses and your virtue, is a bonus. View quote
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That's what happens when people reach old age; nobody remembers they've been bastards too. View quote
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Death does that: it makes everyone feel sentimental. When we stand in front of a coffin, we all see only what is good or what we want to see. View quote
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The most despicable humans are the ones who always feel virtuous and look down on the rest of the world. (Carlos Ruiz Zafón)
I'm not talking to anyone, I'm delivering a monologue. It's the inebriated man's prerogative. View quote
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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. View quote
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In those days I learned that nothing is more frightening than a hero who lives to tell his story, to tell what all those who fell at his side will never be able to tell. View quote
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In my schoolboy reveries, we were always two fugitives riding on the spine of a book, eager to escape into worlds of fiction and secondhand dreams. View quote
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I decided that my existence would be one of books and silence. View quote
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Silence makes idiots seem wise even for a minute. View quote
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Martin, at my age, eroticism is reduced to enjoying caramel custard and looking at widows' necks. View quote
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Most of us have the good or bad fortune of seeing our lives fall apart so slowly we barely notice. View quote
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In this world the only opinion that holds court is prejudice. View quote
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One loves truly only once in a lifetime, Julian, even if one isn't aware of it. (Carlos Ruiz Zafón)
Every time a book changes hands, every time someone runs his eyes down its pages, its spirit grows and strengthens. View quote
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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. View quote
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When everyone is determined to present someone as a monster, there are two possibilities: either he's a saint or they themselves are not telling the whole story. View quote
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You end up becoming someone you see in the eyes of those you love. View quote
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