They (fables) teach us that human beings learn and absorb ideas and concepts through narrative, through stories, not through lessons or theoretical speeches.
Carlos Ruiz ZafonLife had taught her that we all require big and small lies in order to survive, just as much as we need air. She used to say that if during one single day, from dawn to dusk, we could see the naked reality of the world, and of ourselves, we would either take our own lives or lose our minds.
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 ZafonIt is difficult to hate an idea. That requires a certain intellectual discipline and a slightly obsessive, sick mind. There arenโt too many of those. Itโs much easier to hate someone with a recognizable face whom we can blame for everything that makes us feel uncomfortable. It doesnโt have to be an individual character. It could be a nation, a race, a group. . .anything.
Carlos Ruiz Zafon