Carlos Ruiz Zafon
Carlos Ruiz Zafon
Carlos Ruiz Zafón Spanish: is a Spanish novelist...
NationalitySpanish
ProfessionNovelist
Date of Birth25 September 1964
CountrySpain
morning memories eye
She wore an ivory-white dress and held the world in her eyes. I barely remember the priest's words or the faces of the guests, full of hope, who filled the church on that March morning. All that remains in my memory is the touch of her lips and, when I half opened my eyes, the secret oath I carried with me and would remember all the days of my life.
eye becoming ends
You end up becoming someone you see in the eyes of those you love.
compassion sometimes circumstances
Sometimes, in difficult circumstances, one can confuse compassion with love.
nonsense choke
I tried to swallow his nonsense without choking.
years bye dawn
[H]e lay awake, dreading the dawn when he would have to say good-bye to the small universe he had built for himself over the years.
wise wine men
Wine turns the wise man into a fool and the fool into a wise man.
dream people remember
There are people you remember and people you dream of.
agreement broken gentleman
A Gentleman's agreement cannot be broken without breaking the person who has entered into it.
military army years
The only use for military service is that it reveals the number of morons in the population," he would remark. "And that can be discovered in the first two weeks; there's no need for two years. Army, Marriage, the Church and Banking: the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse. Yes, go on, laugh.
world prejudice opinion
In this world the only opinion that holds court is prejudice.
sweet winning thinking
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.
book owners shadow-of-the-wind
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.
stupid epidemics stupidity
This cures everything except stupidity, which is an epidemic on the rise.
book believe soul
I would like to save all books, those that are banned, those that are burned, or forgotten with contempt by the mandarins who want to tell us what is good and what is bad. Every book has a soul ... and I believe every book is worth saving from either bigotry or oblivion.