811 Quotes by Carlos Ruiz Zafón

Martin, at my age, eroticism is reduced to enjoying caramel custard and looking at widows' necks.

Julián me había dicho alguna vez que un relato es una carta que el autor se escribe a sí mismo para contarse cosas que de otro modo no podría averiguar. Hacía tiempo que Julián se preguntaba si había perdido la razón. ¿Sabe el loco que está loco?

La espera es el óxido del alma.

To truly hate is an art one learns with time.

Le interessa sconfiggere la solitudine e non perdere tempo a capire che in questo schifo di mondo niente vale un centesimo se non abbiamo qualcuno con cui condividerlo.

If you don't trust a novelist, who are you going to trust?

Nothing important is learned; it is simply remembered.

Few things are more deceptive than memories.

We seem to live in a world where forgetting and oblivion are an industry in themselves and very, very few people are remotely interested or aware of their own recent history, much less their neighbors'. I tend to think we are what we remember, what we know. The less we remember, the less we know about ourselves, the less we are. (Interview with Three Monkeys Online, October 2008)