Spanish novelist (1964- )
One never forgets faces one wholeheartedly detests.
CARLOS RUIZ ZAFON
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The Prisoner of Heaven
There are worse prisons than words.
CARLOS RUIZ ZAFON
The Shadow of the Wind
Sometimes I think that Darwin made a mistake and that in fact man is descended from the pig, because eight out of every ten members of the human race are swine, and as crooked as a hog's tail.
CARLOS RUIZ ZAFON
The Prisoner of Heaven
In small towns, news travels at the speed of boredom.
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attributed, Identifying, Treating, and Preventing Childhood Trauma in Rural Communities
It's only worth staying in bed if you're young and in good company.
CARLOS RUIZ ZAFON
The Angel's Game
In Barcelona, the Mediterranean storms come up from the sea, thunder and lightning, it's like the end of the world.
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"Interview: Carlos Ruiz Zafon", The Scotsman, Jun. 13, 2010
It's the student who makes the teacher, not the other way around.
CARLOS RUIZ ZAFON
The Angel's Game
Deep down we've never been who we think we once were, and we only remember what never happened.
CARLOS RUIZ ZAFON
The Prisoner of Heaven
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.
CARLOS RUIZ ZAFON
The Shadow of the Wind
Money is like any other virus: once it has rotted the soul of the person who houses it, it sets off in search of new blood.
CARLOS RUIZ ZAFON
The Shadow of the Wind
For some reason, I never felt the need to have kids. My wife feels the same. We don't feel a void. I don't think they would give my life meaning. I do think of the books as my children, though. Whatever is inside of me, I put into my books.
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"The Shadow Maker", The Telegraph, Nov. 27, 2005
Justice is a rare illness in a world that is otherwise a picture of health.
CARLOS RUIZ ZAFON
The Angel's Game
Blaming TV as an abstract entity is nonsensical. It's our hand on the remote. There's a world out there outside the tube.
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"An interview with Carlos Ruiz Zafon", Book Browse
I was always fascinated by the fact that you could take paper and ink and create worlds, images, characters. It seemed like magic.
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"Q & A: Author Carlos Ruiz Zafon", Time, Jun. 30, 2009
I stepped into the bookshop and breathed in that perfume of paper and magic that strangely no one had ever thought of bottling.
CARLOS RUIZ ZAFON
The Angel's Game
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.
CARLOS RUIZ ZAFON
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.
CARLOS RUIZ ZAFON
The Angel's Game
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.
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"Meet the Writers: Carlos Ruiz Zafon", Barnes & Noble
A good liar knows that the most efficient lie is always a truth that has had a key piece removed from it.
CARLOS RUIZ ZAFON
The Prisoner of Heaven
If only everything hurt as little as a blow to the face.
CARLOS RUIZ ZAFON
The Shadow of the Wind