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. I felt myself surrounded by millions of abandoned pages, by worlds and souls without an owner sinking in an ocean of darkness, while the world that throbbed outside the library seemed to be losing its memory, day after day, unknowingly, feeling all the wiser the more it forgot. β¨ Carlos Ruiz Zafon (2005). The Shadow of the Wind, p.79, Penguin
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- How many lost souls do You need, Lord, to satisfy Your hunger? the hatter asked. God, in His infinite silence, looked at him without blinking. β¨ Carlos Ruiz Zafon (2005). The Shadow of the Wind, p.38 β¦ βΆ
- A man must have vices, expensive ones if possible. Otherwise when he reaches old age he will have nothing to be redeemed from.
- That afternoon the sky was scattered with black clouds galloping in from the sea and clustering over the city. Flashes of lightening echoed on the horizon and a charged warm wind smelling of dust ann β¦ βΆ
- This cures everything except stupidity, which is an epidemic on the rise.
- The most efficient way of rendering the poor harmless is to teach them to want to imitate the rich. β¨ Carlos Ruiz Zafon (2005). The Shadow of the Wind, p.190, Penguin
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