Quotes from Carlos Ruiz Zafon

Tenía diecisiete años y la vida en los labios.

Alicia Gris sees what the rest don't see. Her mind works differently from the rest. Where everyone else sees a locked door, she sees a key. Where others lose track, she picks up the trail. It's a gift, one could say. And the best thing is that no one sees her coming.

Az ember, akinek nincs árnyék a szívében.

travelling stranger. I've had a hundred names and

More or less everyone has lost someone, whatever side they belong to.

Cuando le ofrecí este don, apelé a la codicia de la mente para tentarle. Quiero que acepte también este humilde amuleto, que tal vez algún día apelará a la sabiduría de su alma si el precio de la ambición es demasiado alto…".

When everyone is determined to present someone as a monster, there are two possibilities: either he's a saint or they're not telling the whole story.

La fe de los que todavía pueden contar sus años con los dedos de las manos

Látja, ilyen szerelmes természet a nyomorult - mondta Fermín. - Mit össze fog szenvedni az életben! - Többet szenved az, aki képtelen szeretni - jegyezte meg Alicia.

Marriage and family are only what we make of them. Without that they're just a nest of hypocrisy. Garbage and empty words. But if there is real love, of the sort one doesn't go around telling everyone about, the sort that is felt and lived...

Questo posto è un mistero, Julian. Un santuario. Ogni libro, ogni volume che vedi, ha un 'anima. L'anima di chi l'ha scritto, e l'anima di coloro che l'hanno letto e hanno vissuto e sognato con lui. Ogni volta che un libro cambia di mano, ogni volta che qualcuno fa scivolare lo sguardo sulle sue pagine, il suo spirito cresce e si rafforza.

Il valore di un segreto dipende dalle persone da cui dobbiamo proteggerlo.

The moment you stop to think about whether you love someone, you've already stopped loving that person forever

La fe es una respuesta instintiva a aspectos de la existencia que no podemos explicar de otro modo, bien sea el universo, la certeza de la muerte, el misterio del origen de las cosas o el sentido de nuestra vida. Son aspectos elementales de extraordinaria sencillez.

However many sorrows you drag along with you, you'll only have walked a few steps before bumping into someone who will remind you that there's always another person with a far worse set of cards than yours in the game of life.

Vous aves poison au coeur, mademoiselle.

Una historia de libros, de dragones y de rosas, como manda la fecha, pero sobre todo una historia de sombras y ceniza, como mandan los tiempos…" (de los fragmentos perdidos de El Prisionero del

Those times, against all expectations, were turning out to be good times. Then he felt afraid, because he knew they couldn't last long and those stolen drops of happiness and peace would evaporate.

One has to pay some price for being able to piss standing up.

Para cuando la razón entiende lo sucedido, las heridas en el corazón ya son demasiado profundas.

Az egyik szerelem - még ha beteljesületlen is - elvezet a másikhoz.

Telling the truth should be kept as a last resort, Daniel, even more so to a nun

La envidia es la religión de los mediocres.

Alicia says that every crime is like an onion: you have to cut through lots of layers to find out what's hidden inside, and on the way you must shed a few tears.