Do you know the best thing about broken hearts? They can only really break once the rest is just scratches.
Carlos Ruiz ZafonNormal people bring children into the world; we novelists bring books. We are condemned to put our whole lives into them, even though they hardly ever thank us for it. We are condemned to die in their pages and sometimes even to let our books be the ones who, in the end, will take our lives.
Carlos Ruiz ZafonIt was a well-known fact that the richness of buttery foods led to the moral ruin and confusion of the intellect.
Carlos Ruiz ZafonTime goes faster the more hollow it is. Lives with no meaning go straight past you, like trains that donโt stop at your station.
Carlos Ruiz Zafon