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The Shadow of the Wind

Carlos Ruiz Zafón

Top 10 Best Quotes

“Books are mirrors: you only see in them what you already have inside you.”

“Every book, every volume you see here, has a soul. The soul of the person who wrote it and of those who read it and lived and dreamed with it. Every time a book changes hands, every time someone runs his eyes down its pages, its spirit grows and strengthens.”

“People tend to complicate their own lives, as if living weren't already complicated enough.”

“The moment you stop to think about whether you love someone, you've already stopped loving that person forever.”

“Memories are worse than bullets.”

“Never trust anyone, Daniel, especially the people you admire. Those are the ones who will make you suffer the worst blows.”

“Destiny is usually just around the corner. Like a thief, a hooker, or a lottery vendor: its three most common personifications. But what destiny does not do is home visits. You have to go for it.”

“Making money isn't hard in itself... What's hard is to earn it doing something worth devoting one’s life to.”

“A story is a letter that the author writes to himself, to tell himself things that he would be unable to discover otherwise.”

“A secret's worth depends on the people from whom it must be kept.”

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