He was a very private person, and sometimes it seemed to me that he was no longer interested in the world or in other people... I got the feeling that Julián was living in the past, locked in his memories. Julián lived within himself, for his books and inside them - a comfortable prison of his own design." "You say this as if you envied him." "There are worse prisons than words.
None of us are what we once were. - Carlos Ruiz Zafon
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
...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…
Time has taught me not to lose hope, yet not to trust too much in hope either. - Carlos Ruiz Zafon
Time has taught me not to lose hope, yet not to trust too much in hope either.
Destiny doesn't do home visits... you have to go for it yourself. - Carlos Ruiz Zafon
Destiny doesn't do home visits... you have to go for it yourself.
Waiting is the rust of the soul. - Carlos Ruiz Zafon
Waiting is the rust of the soul.
We spend a good part of our lives dreaming, especially when we're awake. - Carlos Ruiz Zafon
We spend a good part of our lives dreaming, especially when we're awake.
A good friend once told me that the problems are like cockroaches. If drawn to light, they'll get scared. - Carlos Ruiz Zafon
A good friend once told me that the problems are like cockroaches. If drawn to light, they'll get scared.
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
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…
Remember me, even if it's only in a corner and secretly. Don't let me go. - Carlos Ruiz Zafon
Remember me, even if it's only in a corner and secretly. Don't let me go.
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