Quotes by Carlos Ruiz Zafón

“Our world will not die as the result of the bomb, as the papers say, it will die of laughter, of banality, or making a joke of everything, and a lousy joke at that.”

“God gives us life, but the world's landlord is the devil....”

“All I know is that once Julián told the kids in the building that he had a sister only he could see. He said she came out of mirrors as if she were made of thin air and that she lived with Satan hi...”

“But I couldn't absorb the idea that death could actually walk by my side, with a human face and a heart that was poisoned with hatred.”

“... And what am I to do?""Well, that depends. Do you like the girl?""Like her? I don't know. How do you know if...?""It's very simple. Do you look at her furtively and feel like biting her?""Biting...”

“Human beings believe just as they breathe - in order to survive.”

“Its impossible to initiate a rational dialogue with some one about beliefs and concepts if he has not acquired them through reason. It doesn't matter whether we are looking at God, race, or nationa...”

“A Gentleman's agreement cannot be broken without breaking the person who has entered into it.”

“The only way you can truly get to know an author is through the trail of ink he leaves behind him. The person you think you see is only an empty character: truth is always hidden in fiction.”

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

“This cures everything except stupidity, which is an epidemic on the rise.”

“Presents are made for the pleasure of who gives them, not the merits of who receives them.”

“The same thing that had happened with the flowers was happening with my longing: once I held it in my hands, I didn't know where to put it.”

“1My father says a hunch is your brain’s way of taking a short cut to the truth,’ replied Max.‘He’s a wise man, your father. What else does he say?’‘That the more you try to hide from the truth, the...”

“Inspiration comes when you stick your elbows on the table, your bottom on the chair and you start sweating. Choose a theme, an idea, and squeeze your brain until it hurts. That's called inspiration.”

“You don't win a game by hitting the ball out of the court.”

“History is biology's dumping ground”

“He believed that life gives us all a few moments of happiness. For some they last hours or days, for a few lucky ones they last for years. The memories from those moments stays with us forever and ...”

“I believe that nothing happens by chance. Deep down, things have their secret plan, even though we don't understand it.”

“Envy is the religion of the mediocre. It comforts them, it soothes their worries, and finally it rots their souls, allowing them to justify their meanness and their greed until they believe these t...”