Destiny is usually just around the corner. Like a thief, a hooker, or …

Carlos Ruiz Zafon
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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. ✨ Carlos Ruiz Zafon (2005). The Shadow of the Wind, p.215, Penguin
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A good friend once told me that the problems are like cockroaches. If drawn to light, they'll get scared.
... deep down nobody is bad, only frightened. ✨ Carlos Ruiz Zafon (2012). The Prisoner of Heaven: A Novel, p.26, Harper Collins
The world's very small when you don't have anywhere to go.
I leafed through the pages, inhaling the enchanted scent of promise that comes with all new books, and stopped to read the start of a sentence that caught my eye. ✨ Carlos Ruiz Zafon (2005). The Shad … ▶
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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. ✨ Carlos Ruiz Zafon (2005). The Shadow of the Wind, p.215, Penguin

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