"All true stories begin and end in a cemetery" - The Shadow of the Wind"

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Carlos Ruiz Zafon

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“Those who love a cause are those who love the life which has to be led in order to serve it.”
“The only people who should play for England are English people”

Source : "Jack Wilshere enters the Januzaj debate: 'Keep England for the English'" by Dominic Fifield, www.theguardian.com. October 8, 2013.
“I have come to regard the law courts not as a cathedral but rather as a casino.”
“Ski boots are the worst. Solid plastic. They'll be around till the sun goes supernova.”
“Every human activity, except sin, can be done for God's pleasure, if you do it with an attitude of praise.”
“There were gentlemen and there were seamen in the navy of Charles the Second. But the seamen were not gentlemen; and the gentlemen were not seamen.”
“I don't dress to be stared at. I dress for myself.”
“If we keep the path of virtue undefiled through devout and true knowledge, and do not deviate to either side, we will experience the advent of God revealed to us because of our dispassion. For 'I will sing a psalm and in a pure path I will understand when Thou wilt come to me' (cf. Ps. 101:1-2). The psalm stands for virtuous conduct; understanding indicates the spiritual knowledge, gained through virtue, by means of which we perceive God's advent, when we wait for the Lord vigilant in the virtues.”

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