Quotes by Carlos Ruiz Zafón

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Novelist · Spanish · 1964–2020

Spanish novelist (1964–2020)

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“Everyone wanted to see [him] fall so they could devour his remains. As is usually the case, the army of sycophants had turned into a horde of hungry hyenas”

— Carlos Ruiz Zafón

backstabbers envy fake-friends haters

“He let the hours go by lost in the magic of words, shedding his skin and his name, feeling like another person. He allowed himself to be carried away by the dreams of shadowy characters, the only r...”

— Carlos Ruiz Zafón, The Shadow of the Wind

books escape reading

“- Boys my age are boring. They have nothing to say and half of them seem like complete idiots.I was going to say that they didn't improve with age but didn't want to spoil her illusions.”

— Carlos Ruiz Zafón

boring boys idiots zafon

“Don Ricardo wanted a successor worthy of himself. Jorge would always be cocooned in the privileges of his class, hiding from his mediocrity in creature comforts. Penelope, the beautiful Penelope, w...”

— Carlos Ruiz Zafón, The Shadow of the Wind

legacy life poetic

“Her tiny and organized handwriting reminded me of the tidiness of her desk, as if she'd wanted to find in words the peace and safety that life hadn't wanted to grant her.”

— Carlos Ruiz Zafón

life organization peace safety