Quotes from Carlos Ruiz Zafon

The preceding months had been the most bewildering in my strange friendship with Clara. I hardly ever read to her anymore. Clara would systematically avoid being left on her own with me.

Nur die Lüge ist hundertprozentig glaubhaft, weil sie die Wirklichkeit nicht zu erklären, sondern uns einfach zu sagen brauchen, was wir hören wollen.

it true you haven't read any of these books?' 'Books are boring.' 'Books are mirrors: you only see in them what you already have inside you,' answered Julián.

You only love truly once in a lifetime, Julian, even if you aren't always aware of it.

Popoarele nu se privesc niciodat? în oglind?

Miss Clara, who wished me many happy returns but unfortunately would be unable to attend my birthday dinner.

Há pessoas que se recordam e outras que se sonham.Para mim,Nuria Monfort tinha a consciência e a credibilidade de uma miragem:não questionamos a sua vericidade,seguimo-la simplesmente até que se desvanece ou nos destrói.

Despite his aggressive looks, Tomás was a peaceful and good-hearted person whose appearance discouraged confrontations.

I loro erano baci appassionati di chi si appartiene e non si cura del resto del mondo.

This is a place of mystery, Daniel, a sanctuary. Every book, every volume you see here, has a soul. The soul of the person who wrote it and of those

My blood froze. He had no nose, lips, or eyelids. His face was nothing but a mask of black scarred skin, consumed by fire. It was the same dead skin that Clara had touched.

Am Tisch saß ein Mann mittleren Alters, mittlerer Statur, mittlerer Glatze und mittlerer Mittelkeit.

The administrative and hierarchic aspects seem to be crucial in the evolution of belief systems. The truth is first revealed to all men, but very quickly individuals appear claiming sole authority and a duty to interpret, administer and, if need be, alter this truth in the name of the common good. To this end they establish a powerful and potentially repressive organisation

encontrar el modo de salvar el laberinto y recordar el precio de la bestia, guardaría el plano en el cofre familiar donde algún día, no albergaba duda ninguna, encontraría al hacedor de laberintos merecedor de tamaño desafío.

Once, in my father's bookshop, I heard a regular customer say that few things leave a deeper mark on a reader than the first book that finds its way into his heart. Those first images, the echo of words we think we have left behind, accompany us throughout our lives and sculpt a place in our memory to which, sooner or later - no matter how many books we read, how many worlds we discover, or how much we learn or forget - we will return.

Majoritatea tuturor acestor credinÈ›e pornesc de la un fapt sau de la un personaj a c?rui existen?? istoric? se poate dovedi mai mult sau mai puÈ›in, îns? evolueaz? repede ca miÈ™c?ri sociale subordonate È™i guvernate de circumstanÈ›ele politice, economice È™i sociale ale grupului care le accept?.

Parlare è da stupidi, tacere è da codardi, ascoltare è da saggi.

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.

She said that someone had been following her and she was afraid it was the man called Coubert, who was trying to get hold of the books to destroy them.

The most sincere pain is experienced alone. Alicia felt secretly relieved when Isaac took his infinite sadness to a corner to drown in it. The only pain she hadn't learned to tolerate was to see old people cry.

Calculei-lhe uns vinte anos,no máximo,mas havia qualquer coisa no seu porte e no modo como a alma parecia cair-lhe aos pés,como os ramos de um salgueiro,que me fez pensar que não tinha idade.

Se acabó lo de gratis, Fernandito. Bienvenido al capitalismo. —¿No dicen que eso es malísimo? —Peor. Y te va a encantar. —¿Cuándo empiezo? —Ahora mismo.

Le guerre negano la memoria dissuadendoci dall'indagare sulle loro radici, finché non si è spenta la voce di chi può raccontarle. Allora ritornano, con un altro nome e un altro volto, a distruggere quel poco che avevano risparmiato.

THE SHADOW OF THE WIND JULIÁN CARAX