Quotes from Carlos Ruiz Zafon
People talk too much. Humans aren't descended from monkeys. They come from parrots.
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Los libros son espejos: sólo se ve en ellos lo que uno ya lleva dentro - La Sombra del Viento, Carlos Ruíz Zafón
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When he noticed that the patient was awake, he smiled at him. Are you a God or the devil? the dying man once asked him. The stranger shrugged and thought about it. A bit of both, he answered at last. In principle, I'm an atheist, the patient informed him. Although in fact I have a lot of faith, Like so many. Rest now, my friend. Heaven can wait. And hell is too small for you.
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Il mondo non verrà distrutto da una bomba atomica, come dicono i giornali, ma da una risata, da un eccesso di banalità che trasformerà la realtà in una barzelletta di pessimo gusto.
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Nichts überrascht und erschreckt mehr als das, was man schon weiß.
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All you have to do is convince the sanctimonious that they are free of all sin and they'll start throwing stones, or bombs, with gusto.
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Jedina je pouka koja se može izvu?i iz ove pri?e, ili iz bilo koje druge, to da u stvarnom životu za razliku od mašte, ništa nije kako se pri?inja.
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Avec le temps, vous verrez que parfois, ce qui compte, ce n'est pas ce qu'on a, mais ce à quoi on renonce.
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You believe what it's possible to believe, not what you want to believe. Unless you're an idiot, in which case it's the other way around.
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burro y con la zanahoria en ristre.
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Qualcuno ha detto che nel momento in cui ti soffermi a pensare se ami o meno una persona, hai già la risposta affermai.
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Well, this is a story about books." "About books?" "About accursed books, about the man who wrote them, about a character who broke out of the pages of a novel so that he could burn it, about a betrayal and a lost friendship. It's a story of love, of hatred, and of the dreams that live in the shadow of the wind.
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It smells odd," Fermín remarked. "Like a rancid fart, from a councilman or a lawyer.
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La gente iba y venía de sus vidas en busca del metro, la compra o el olvido.
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The endemic condition of the Iberian saint is chronic constipation
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Meritocracy and the Mediterranean climate are by necessity incompatible. I suppose it's the price we pay for having the best olive oil in the world.
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Die Liebe ist der einzige Stein, der immer über denselben Menschen stoplert.
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Guardi, Daniel, le donne, con rare eccezioni, quali la sua vicina Merceditas, sono più intelligenti di noi o, perlomeno, più sincere con se stesse rispetto a ciò che vogliono. Che poi te lo facciano sapere è un altro paio di maniche. La femmina, Daniel, è un enigma della natura. E' una babele, un labirinto. Se le lascia il tempo di pensare, non ha più scampo. [...]
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Il cuore di una donna è un meccanismo complesso, insensibile ai rozzi ragionamenti del maschio avventuriero. Se si vuole davvero possedere una donna, bisogna imparare a pensare come lei. Tutto il resto, il morbido involucro che ti fa perdere la ragione e l'onore, viene di conseguenza.
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Se miraron en silencio un largo rato, intuyendo las heridas que la vida le había tallado al otro.
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Wann wollen Sie das gesehen habe?' 'Als Sie ihn unten im Café hypnotisiert haben. Sie beide sahen aus wie eine Königskobra und ein Kaninchen.
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Als guter Affe ist der Mensch ein soziales Wesen, und als wesentliche Norm ethischen Verhaltens zeichnen ihn Vetternwirtschaft, Nepotismus, Schwindel und Klatsch aus.
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Envy is the religion of the mediocre. It comforts them, it soothes their worries, and finally it rots their souls, allowing them to justify their meanness and their greed until they believe these to be virtues
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Sono poche le ragoni per dire la verità, mentre quelle per mentire sono infinite. [...]
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