811 Quotes by Carlos Ruiz Zafón

Fools talk, cowards silence , wise men listen

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.

Nichts überrascht und erschreckt mehr als das, was man schon weiß.

I stepped into the bookshop and breathed in that perfume of paper and magic that strangely no one had ever thought of bottling.

A secret's worth depends on the people from whom it must be kept.

¿A usted cómo le gustan las mujeres, Daniel? —No sé yo mucho de mujeres, la verdad. —Saber no sabe nadie, ni Freud, ni ellas mismas, pero esto es como la electricidad, no hace falta saber cómo funciona para picarse los dedos. Hala, cuente. ¿Cómo le gustan?

Martín, fables are possibly one of the most interesting literary forms ever invented. Do you know what they teach us?""Moral lessons?""No. They teach us that human beings learn and absorb ideas through narrative, through stories, not through lessons or theoretical speeches.

An intellectual is some one who isn't exactly distinguished by his intellect. He claims that label to compensates for his inadequacies.

Avevo sempre pensato che le stazioni ferroviarie fossero tra i pochi lughi magici rimasti al mondo. I fantasmi dei ricordi e degli addii vi si mescolavano con l'inizio di centinaia di viaggi per destinazioni lontane, senza ritorno.