Quotes by Carlos Ruiz Zafon

About Carlos Ruiz Zafon:

Carlos Ruiz Zafón is a Spanish novelist.
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And here I was thinking you were a bit slow, what with so much asking and not knowing anything.

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A secret's worth depends on the people from whom it must be kept.

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Life has enough torturers as it is, without you going around moonlighting as a Grand Inquisitor against yourself.

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—Hazme lo que quieras —susurró. Tenía diecisiete años y la vida en los labios.

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Jacinta nunca le dijo a Penélope que la quería. El aya sabía que quien quiere de verdad quiere en silencio, con hechos y nunca con palabras.

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Jacinta never told Penelope that she loved her. The nurse knew that those who really love, love in silence, with deeds and not with words.

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—La televisión, amigo Daniel, es el Anticristo y le digo yo que bastarán tres o cuatro generaciones para que la gente ya no sepa ni tirarse pedos por su cuenta y el ser humano vuelva a la caverna, a la barbarie medieval, y a estados de imbecilida...

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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 s...

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Time goes faster the more hollow it is. Lives with no meaning go straight past you, like trains that don’t stop at your station.

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

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Never trust girls who let themselves be touched right away. But even less those who need a priest for approval.

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Evil presupposes a moral decision, intention, and some forethought. A moran or a lout, howeverm doesn't stop to think or reason.

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Esta vida vale la pena vivirla por tres o cuatro cosas, y lo demás es abono para el campo.

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El tiempo pasa más aprisa cuanto más vacío está. Las vidas sin significado pasan de largo como trenes que no paran en su estación.

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La vida, esa reina de las putas.

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Nothing feeds forgetfulness better than war.... We all keep quiet and they try to convince us that what we've seen, what we've done, what we've learned about ourselves and about others, is an illusion, a passing nightmare. Wars have no memory, and no...

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El vino convierte al sabio en necio, y al necio en sabio.

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Making money isn't hard in itself,' he complained. 'What's hard is to earn it doing something worth devoting one's life to.

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Ya sé que el mundo cambia, pero nunca en lo esencial.

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En contra de lo que usted cree a pies juntillas, el universo no gira en torno a las apetencias de su entrepierna. Otros factores influyen en el devenir de la humanidad.

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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.

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Author Bio

  • NameCarlos Ruiz Zafon
  • DescriptionSpanish writer
  • BornSeptember 25, 1964
  • CountrySpain
  • ProfessionWriter