Books are mirrors: you only see in them what you already have inside you. Carlos Ruiz Zafon More Quotes by Carlos Ruiz Zafon More Quotes From Carlos Ruiz Zafon ...until that moment I had not understood that this was a story about lonely people, about absence and loss, and that that was why I had taken refuge in it until it became confused with my own life, like someone who has escaped into the pages of a novel because those whom he needs to love seem nothing more than ghosts inhabiting the mind of a stranger. Carlos Ruiz Zafon confusedlonelytaken Time has taught me not to lose hope, yet not to trust too much in hope either. Carlos Ruiz Zafon taughttoo-muchtime 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. Carlos Ruiz Zafon runninginspirationalbook Remember me, even if it's only in a corner and secretly. Don't let me go. Carlos Ruiz Zafon let-me-gocornersremember Maturity is simply the process of discovering that everything you believed in when you were young is false and that all the things you refused to believe in turn out to be true. Carlos Ruiz Zafon maturityprocessbelieve But in good time you'll see that sometimes what matters isn't what one gives but what one gives up. Carlos Ruiz Zafon good-timeswhat-mattersgiving-up I could tell you it's the heart, but what is really killing him is loneliness. Memories are worse than bullets. Carlos Ruiz Zafon lonelinessheartmemories I see cities as organisms, as living creatures. To me Madrid is a man and Barcelona is a woman. And it's a woman who's extremely vain. One of the great Catalan poets, Joan Maragall, wrote this famous poem in which he called Barcelona the great enchantress, or some kind of sorceress, and in which the city has this dark enticing presence that seduces and lures people. I think Barcelona has a lot of that. Carlos Ruiz Zafon darkmenthinking Never trust girls who let themselves be touched right away. But even less those who need a priest for approval. Carlos Ruiz Zafon girlapprovalneeds One mustn't dream of one's future; one must earn it. Carlos Ruiz Zafon dream 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 keysliarslying It’s a story of love, of hatred, and of the dreams that live in the shadow of the wind. Carlos Ruiz Zafon hatreddreamwind The moment you stop to think about whether you love someone, you've already stopped loving that person forever. Carlos Ruiz Zafon momentsforeverthinking People tend to complicate their own lives, as if living weren't already complicated enough. Carlos Ruiz Zafon lesson-learnedlifepeople Every book has a soul, the soul of the person who wrote it and the soul of those who read it and dream about it. Carlos Ruiz Zafon souldreambook Waiting is the rust of the soul. Carlos Ruiz Zafon rustsoulwaiting It's up to you how you waste your time and money. I'm staying here to read: life's too short. Carlos Ruiz Zafon wasteup-to-youtoo-short We think we understand a song's lyrics but what makes us believe in them, or not, is the music Carlos Ruiz Zafon songbelievethinking Books hold no passports. There's only one true literary tradition: the human. Carlos Ruiz Zafon passportstraditionbook Nobody had noticed, nobody had paid attention, but, as usual, the essential part of the matter had been settled before the story had begun, and by then it was too late. Carlos Ruiz Zafon essentialsusualtoo-late
