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The Shadow of the Wind quotes about life
as long as we are being remembered, we remain alive
— Carlos Ruiz Zafón, The Shadow of the Wind
Most of us have the good or bad fortune of seeing our lives fall apart so slowly we barely notice.
— Carlos Ruiz Zafón, The Shadow of the Wind
Destiny is usually around the corner. Like a thief, like 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
— Carlos Ruiz Zafón, The Shadow of the Wind
People tend to complicate their own lives, as if living weren’t already complicated enough.
— Carlos Ruiz Zafón, The Shadow of the Wind
I believe that nothing happens by chance. Deep down, things have their secret plan, even though we don’t understand it.
— Carlos Ruiz Zafón, The Shadow of the Wind
Don Ricardo wanted a successor worthy of himself. Jorge would always be cocooned in the privileges of his class, hiding from his mediocrity in creature comforts. Penelope, the beautiful Penelope, was a woman, and therefore a treasure, not a treasurer. Julian, who had the soul of a poet, and therefore the soul of a murderer, fulfilled all the requirements. It was only a question of time.
— Carlos Ruiz Zafón, The Shadow of the Wind
I couldn’t help thinking that if I, by pure chance, had found a whole universe in a single unknown book, buried in that endless necropolis, tens of thousands more would remain unexplored, forgotten forever.
— Carlos Ruiz Zafón, The Shadow of the Wind
The dead never go to their own funeral.
— Carlos Ruiz Zafón, The Shadow of the Wind
There are no second chances in life, except to feel remorse.
— Carlos Ruiz Zafón, The Shadow of the Wind
They had parted as boys, and now life presented one of them with a fugitive and the other with a dying man. Both wondered whether this was due to the cards they’d been dealt or to the way they had played them.
— Carlos Ruiz Zafón, The Shadow of the Wind
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