811 Quotes by Carlos Ruiz Zafón

Are you not tempted to create a story for which men and women would live and die, for which they would be capable of killing and allowing them to be killed, of sacrificing and condemning themselves, of handling over their souls?

The greatest multiplex in the universe is inside your mind, and the only ticket you need is a good, well-written novel.

I hoped my absence made them happy or at least made them forget that they weren't happy and never will be.

It is impossible to survive in a prolonged state of reality, at least for human beings. We spend a good part of our lives dreaming, especially when we're awake.

Theory is the practice of the impotent.

Death does that: it makes everyone feel sentimental. When we stand in front of a coffin, we all see only what is good or what we want to see.

I don't care what happens in 100 years. I won't be around.

Poetry is written with tears, fiction with blood, and history with invisible ink.

-Do you think it's dirty money? -All money is dirty. If it were clean nobody would want it.