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Carlos Ruiz Zafon
"The only way you can truly get to know an author is through the trail of ink he leaves behind him. The person you think you see is only an empty character: truth is always hidden in fiction." --
Source : Jim Stovall (2010). “Today's the Day!”, p.43, David C Cook
Carlos Ruiz Zafon
#Character Quotes
#Thinking Quotes
#Fiction Quotes
“Africa is poor because its investors and its creditors are unspeakably rich.”
“I'm a big believer in living life as an extended working vacation.”
“What I try to control ends up controlling me.”
“Always follow your dreams, don't let anyone tell you that you can't be something.”
“We are all bodies of water, guarding the mystery of our depths, but some of us have more to guard than others.”
Source : Deborah Smith (2002). “Alice At Heart”, p.10, BelleBooks
“The sooner we recognize the fact that the mercy of the Almighty extends to every creature endowed with life, the better it will be for us as men and Christians.”
“The truths of nature are one eternal change, one infinite variety. There is no bush on the face of the globe exactly like another bush; there are no two trees in the forest whose boughs bend into the same network, nor two leaves on the same tree which could not be told one from the other, nor two waves in the sea exactly alike.”
“Your body will argue that there is no justifiable reason to continue. Your only recourse is to call on your spirit, which fortunately functions independently of logic.”