He was a very private person, and sometimes it seemed to me that he was no longer interested in the world or in other people... I got the feeling that Juliรกn was living in the past, locked in his memories. Juliรกn lived within himself, for his books and inside them - a comfortable prison of his own design." "You say this as if you envied him." "There are worse prisons than words.
Carlos Ruiz ZafonI'm not talking to anyone, I'm delivering a monologue. It's the inebriated man's prerogative.
Carlos Ruiz ZafonWe think we understand a song's lyrics but what makes us believe in them, or not, is the music
Carlos Ruiz ZafonThe moment you stop to think about whether you love someone, you've already stopped loving that person forever.
Carlos Ruiz ZafonI've always thought that anyone who needs to join a herd so badly must be a bit of a sheep himself.
Carlos Ruiz Zafon