811 Quotes by Carlos Ruiz Zafón

I've always said that idleness dulls the spirit. We have to keep the brain busy, or at least the hands if we don't have a brain.

The day I charge an unbeliever like you for the word of God will be the day I'm struck dead by lightning, and with good reason.

In the haunted shade of the Ateneo, her hands wrote a curse on my skin that was to hound me for years.

Making money isn't hard in itself,' he complained. 'What's hard is to earn it doing something worth devoting one's life to.

Every book, every volume you see here, has a soul. The soul of the person who wrote it and of those who read it and lived and dreamed with it. Every time a book changes hands, every time someone runs his eyes down its pages, its spirit grows and strengthens.

Wie fühlen Sie sich?', fragte der Arzt.'Etwas in Sorge, ehrlich gesagt. Ich habe geträumt, dass mich Jesus Christus besucht und wir ein langes, tiefgehendes Gespräch geführt haben.''Worüber?''Hauptsächlich über Fußball.

Do you know what religion is, Martin, my friend?-I can barely remember Lord's Prayer.-A beautiful and well-crafted prayer. Poetry aside, a religion is really a moral code that is expressed through legends,myths, or any type of literary device in order to establish a system of beliefs, values , and rules with which to regulate a culture or a society.

There are two things in life you cannot choose. The first is your enemies; the second your family. Sometimes the difference between them is hard to see, but in the end time will show you that the cards you have been dealt could always have been worse.

Remember me, even if it's only in a corner and secretly. Don't let me go.