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Carlos Ruiz Zafón Quotes

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Man...heats up like a lightbulb: red hot in the twinkling of an eye and cold again in a flash. The female, on the other hand...heats up like an iron. Slowly, over a low heat, like tasty stew. But then, once she has heated up, there's no stopping her.
From The Shadow of the Wind
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There are no second chances in life, except to feel remorse.
From The Shadow of the Wind
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One of the pitfalls of childhood is that one doesn't have to understand something to feel it. By the time the mind is able to comprehend what has happened, the wounds of the heart are already too deep.
From The Shadow of the Wind
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Television, my dear Daniel, is the Antichrist, and I can assure you that after only three or four generations, people will no longer even know how to fart on their own. Humans will return to living in caves, to medieval savagery, and to the general state of imbecility that slugs overcame back in the Pleistocene era. 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 of everything, and a lousy joke at that.
From The Shadow of the Wind
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People talk too much. Humans aren't descended from monkeys. They come from parrots.
From The Shadow of the Wind
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Making money isn't hard in itself,what's hard is to earn it doing something worth devoting your life to
From The Shadow of the Wind
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Remember me, even if it's only in a corner and secretly. Don't let me go.
From The Shadow of the Wind
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Nothing important is learned; it is simply remembered.
From The Angel's Game
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Few things are more deceptive than memories.
From The Shadow of the Wind
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I couldn't help thinking that if I, by pure chance, had found a whole universe in a single unknown book, buried in that endless necropolis, tens of thousands more would remain unexplored, forgotten forever.
From The Shadow of the Wind
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Every book, every volume you see here, has a soul. The soul of the person who wrote it and of those who read it and lived and dreamed with it. Every time a book changes hands, every time someone runs his eyes down its pages, its spirit grows and strengthens.
From The Shadow of the Wind
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Keep your dreams, you never know when you might need them.
From The Shadow of the Wind
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It is a part of our nature to survive. Faith is an instinctive response to aspects of existence that we cannot explain by any other means, be it the moral void we perceive in the universe, the certainty of death, the mystery of the origin of things, the meaning of our lives, or the absence of meaning. These are basic and extremely simple aspects of existence, but our limitations prevent us from responding in an unequivocal way and for that reason we generate an emotional response, as a defense mechanism. It's pure biology.
From The Angel's Game
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We all give up great expectations along the way.
From The Angel's Game
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Time has taught me not to lose hope, yet not to trust too much in hope either.
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Most of us have the good or bad fortune of seeing our lives fall apart so slowly we barely notice.
From The Shadow of the Wind
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I can't die yet, doctor. Not yet. I have things to do. Afterwords I'll have a whole lifetime in which to die.
From The Angel's Game
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There's nothing here. Nothing at all.'

Marina gave me a look that I could not fathom.

'You're wrong,' she said. 'The memories of hundreds of people lie here. Their lives, their feelings, their expectations, their absence, the dreams that never came true for them, the disappointments, the deceptions and the unrequited loves that poisoned their existence... All that is here, trapped for ever.
From Marina
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Man...heats up like a lightbulb: red hot in the twinkling of an eye and cold again in a flash. The female, on the other hand...heats up like an iron. Slowly, over a low heat, like tasty stew. But then, once she has heated up, there's no stopping her.
From The Shadow of the Wind
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There are no second chances in life, except to feel remorse.
From The Shadow of the Wind
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One of the pitfalls of childhood is that one doesn't have to understand something to feel it. By the time the mind is able to comprehend what has happened, the wounds of the heart are already too deep.
From The Shadow of the Wind
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Television, my dear Daniel, is the Antichrist, and I can assure you that after only three or four generations, people will no longer even know how to fart on their own. Humans will return to living in caves, to medieval savagery, and to the general state of imbecility that slugs overcame back in the Pleistocene era. 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 of everything, and a lousy joke at that.
From The Shadow of the Wind
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People talk too much. Humans aren't descended from monkeys. They come from parrots.
From The Shadow of the Wind
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Making money isn't hard in itself,what's hard is to earn it doing something worth devoting your life to
From The Shadow of the Wind
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Remember me, even if it's only in a corner and secretly. Don't let me go.
From The Shadow of the Wind
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Nothing important is learned; it is simply remembered.
From The Angel's Game
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Few things are more deceptive than memories.
From The Shadow of the Wind
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I couldn't help thinking that if I, by pure chance, had found a whole universe in a single unknown book, buried in that endless necropolis, tens of thousands more would remain unexplored, forgotten forever.
From The Shadow of the Wind
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Every book, every volume you see here, has a soul. The soul of the person who wrote it and of those who read it and lived and dreamed with it. Every time a book changes hands, every time someone runs his eyes down its pages, its spirit grows and strengthens.
From The Shadow of the Wind
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Keep your dreams, you never know when you might need them.
From The Shadow of the Wind
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It is a part of our nature to survive. Faith is an instinctive response to aspects of existence that we cannot explain by any other means, be it the moral void we perceive in the universe, the certainty of death, the mystery of the origin of things, the meaning of our lives, or the absence of meaning. These are basic and extremely simple aspects of existence, but our limitations prevent us from responding in an unequivocal way and for that reason we generate an emotional response, as a defense mechanism. It's pure biology.
From The Angel's Game
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We all give up great expectations along the way.
From The Angel's Game
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Time has taught me not to lose hope, yet not to trust too much in hope either.
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Most of us have the good or bad fortune of seeing our lives fall apart so slowly we barely notice.
From The Shadow of the Wind
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I can't die yet, doctor. Not yet. I have things to do. Afterwords I'll have a whole lifetime in which to die.
From The Angel's Game
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There's nothing here. Nothing at all.'

Marina gave me a look that I could not fathom.

'You're wrong,' she said. 'The memories of hundreds of people lie here. Their lives, their feelings, their expectations, their absence, the dreams that never came true for them, the disappointments, the deceptions and the unrequited loves that poisoned their existence... All that is here, trapped for ever.
From Marina
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Man...heats up like a lightbulb: red hot in the twinkling of an eye and cold again in a flash. The female, on the other hand...heats up like an iron. Slowly, over a low heat, like tasty stew. But then, once she has heated up, there's no stopping her.
From The Shadow of the Wind
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There are no second chances in life, except to feel remorse.
From The Shadow of the Wind
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One of the pitfalls of childhood is that one doesn't have to understand something to feel it. By the time the mind is able to comprehend what has happened, the wounds of the heart are already too deep.
From The Shadow of the Wind
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Television, my dear Daniel, is the Antichrist, and I can assure you that after only three or four generations, people will no longer even know how to fart on their own. Humans will return to living in caves, to medieval savagery, and to the general state of imbecility that slugs overcame back in the Pleistocene era. 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 of everything, and a lousy joke at that.
From The Shadow of the Wind
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People talk too much. Humans aren't descended from monkeys. They come from parrots.
From The Shadow of the Wind
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Making money isn't hard in itself,what's hard is to earn it doing something worth devoting your life to
From The Shadow of the Wind
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Remember me, even if it's only in a corner and secretly. Don't let me go.
From The Shadow of the Wind
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Nothing important is learned; it is simply remembered.
From The Angel's Game
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Few things are more deceptive than memories.
From The Shadow of the Wind
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I couldn't help thinking that if I, by pure chance, had found a whole universe in a single unknown book, buried in that endless necropolis, tens of thousands more would remain unexplored, forgotten forever.
From The Shadow of the Wind
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Every book, every volume you see here, has a soul. The soul of the person who wrote it and of those who read it and lived and dreamed with it. Every time a book changes hands, every time someone runs his eyes down its pages, its spirit grows and strengthens.
From The Shadow of the Wind
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Keep your dreams, you never know when you might need them.
From The Shadow of the Wind
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It is a part of our nature to survive. Faith is an instinctive response to aspects of existence that we cannot explain by any other means, be it the moral void we perceive in the universe, the certainty of death, the mystery of the origin of things, the meaning of our lives, or the absence of meaning. These are basic and extremely simple aspects of existence, but our limitations prevent us from responding in an unequivocal way and for that reason we generate an emotional response, as a defense mechanism. It's pure biology.
From The Angel's Game
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We all give up great expectations along the way.
From The Angel's Game
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Time has taught me not to lose hope, yet not to trust too much in hope either.
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
Most of us have the good or bad fortune of seeing our lives fall apart so slowly we barely notice.
From The Shadow of the Wind
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I can't die yet, doctor. Not yet. I have things to do. Afterwords I'll have a whole lifetime in which to die.
From The Angel's Game
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There's nothing here. Nothing at all.'

Marina gave me a look that I could not fathom.

'You're wrong,' she said. 'The memories of hundreds of people lie here. Their lives, their feelings, their expectations, their absence, the dreams that never came true for them, the disappointments, the deceptions and the unrequited loves that poisoned their existence... All that is here, trapped for ever.
From Marina
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