"...until that moment I had not understood that this was a story about lonely people, about absence and loss, and that that was why I had taken refuge in it until it became confused with my own life, like someone who has escaped into the pages of a novel because those whom he needs to love seem nothing more than ghosts inhabiting the mind of a stranger."

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Source : Carlos Ruiz Zafon (2005). “The Shadow of the Wind”, p.172, Penguin

Carlos Ruiz Zafon

#Lonely Quotes #Confused Quotes #Taken Quotes

“People only get really interesting when they start to rattle the bars of their cages.”
“One of us is chained, none of us is free.”
“I am probably the most selfish man you will ever meet in your life. No one gets the satisfaction or the joy that I get out of seeing kids realize there is hope.”

Source : "Emmy honors Jerry Lewis for charity work". www.today.com. September 12, 2005.
“The familiar writer is apt to be his own satirist. Out of his own mouth is he judged.”
“Women if you want to realise yourselves - you are on the eve of a devastating psychological upheaval - all your pet illusions must be unmasked - the lies of centuries have got to go - are you prepared for the Wrench?”
“Laugh loud, and laugh often. Itâ€™ll keep you happy, keep you healthy, and keep your attitude headed in a positive direction.”
“Go around the problem; get the system sufficiently resilient so that it is able to change, and it will change, It doesn't have to be forced. It's that forcing that you have to avoid at all costs.”

Source : Ida P. Rolf, Ph.D. (1990). “Rolfing and Physical Reality”, p.83, Inner Traditions / Bear & Co
“It's always an honor and a scary experience to sing new music.”

Source : Source: www.christianpost.com

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