Quotes from Carlos Ruiz Zafon

Uno cree en lo que puede, no en lo que quiere.

Los libros son espejos: sólo se ve en ellos lo que uno ya lleva dentro." ? Carlos Ruiz Zafón, The Shadow of the Wind

Nothing had ever terrified her so much as sensing that animality under her own skin, the prey's instinctive recognition of her predator, dressed in elegant linen.

Nunca subestimes el talento para olvidar que despiertan las guerras

alba, el cansancio y la dispersión me ayudaron a localizar de nuevo mi proverbial egoísmo y no tardé en convencerme de que lo óptimo era dejar correr las aguas y, con el tiempo, el río se llevaría la sangre.

Dovevamo ancora imparare che il Diavolo ha creato la gioventù per farci commettere i nostri errori e che Dio ha istituito la maturità e la vecchiaia per consentirci di pagarne il prezzo.

If you ever have a daughter—a blessing I wouldn't wish on anyone, because it's Murphy's Law that sooner or later she will break your heart—anyhow, as I was saying, if you ever have a daughter, you'll begin, without realizing it, to divide men into two camps: those you suspect are sleeping with her and those you don't. Whoever says that's not true is lying through his teeth.

Te quiero - dije - Ya lo sé. Nos quedamos allí cogidos de la mano, viendo cómo un alud apabullante de nubarrones carmesíes encapotaba los cielos, y lloré, sintiéndome feliz al fin.

Powiedz mi, czym siÄ™ szczycisz, a ja ci powiem, czego ci brakuje.

Suspirei.Amparava-nos o anoitecer e aquele silêncio de abandono que une os estranhos,e senti-me com coragem para dizer que não importava o quê,mesmo que fosse pela última vez.

Well then, since we're playing at telling the truth, let me tell you that you're always going to be alone. You'll be alone because you don't know how to love or how to share. You're like this house. It makes my hair stand on end. I'm not surprised your lady in white left you or that everyone else has too. You don't love and you don't allow yourself to be loved. p269

Odchodzisz w cieniu, pomy?la?em. Tak, jak ?y?a?.

Money is like any other virus: once it has rotted the soul of the person who houses it, it sets off in search of new blood. In

Y creo que usted no tiene muchos amigos. Yo tampoco. No confío en la gente que cree tener muchos amigos. Es señal de que no conocen a los demás.

Sometimes on just gets tired of fleeing, said Fermín. The world's very small when you don't have anywhere to go.

His life seemed destined for the bitter, grey existence of mediocrities whom God, in his infinite cruelty, has endowed with delusions of grandeur and a boundless ambition far exceeding their talents.

Like the good ape he is, man is a social animal, characterized by cronyism, nepotism, corruption and gossip.

Mit dem Schnaps ist es wie mit dem Rattengift oder der Großzügigkeit: Je häufiger die Anwendung, desto geringer die Wirkung.

Pasada la primera juventud, empieza el segundo periodo, en el que uno se da cuenta de la fragilidad de la propia vida y lo que en un principio es una simple inquietud va creciendo en el interior como un mar de dudas e incertidumbres que te acompañan durante el resto de tus días.

El día menso pensado cumpliré treinta años y me daré cuenta de que cada día me parezco menos a la persona que quería ser cuando tenía quince.

The incompetent always present themselves as experts, the cruel as pious, sinners as devout, usurers as benefactors, the small-minded as patriots, the arrogant as humble, the vulgar as elegant, and the feeble-minded as intellectual

Mientras se nos recuerda, seguimos vivos

As the months went by, I learned to confuse routine with normality.

Esto no es como Roma. Aquí sí se paga a traidores