None of us are what we once were.

- 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…

- Carlos Ruiz Zafon

Time has taught me not to lose hope, yet not to trust too much in hope either.

- Carlos Ruiz Zafon

Destiny doesn't do home visits... you have to go for it yourself.

- Carlos Ruiz Zafon

Waiting is the rust of the soul.

- Carlos Ruiz Zafon

We spend a good part of our lives dreaming, especially when we're awake.

- Carlos Ruiz Zafon

A good friend once told me that the problems are like cockroaches. If drawn to light, they'll get scared.

- Carlos Ruiz Zafon

Remember me, even if it's only in a corner and secretly. Don't let me go.

- Carlos Ruiz Zafon

I had never known the pleasure of reading, of exploring the recesses of the soul, of letting myself be carried away by imagination, beauty, and the m…

- Carlos Ruiz Zafon