More quotes by Carlos Ruiz Zafón, The Shadow of the Wind

"People talk too much. Humans aren't descended from monkeys. They come from parrots."
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"One of the pitfalls of childhood is that one doesn't have to understand something to feel it. By the time the mind is able to comprehend what has happened, the wounds of the heart are already too deep."
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"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."
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"Books are mirrors: you only see in them what you already have inside you."
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"Few things are more deceptive than memories."
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