Carlos Ruiz Zafon Quotes about Soul

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Waiting is the rust of the soul.

Carlos Ruiz Zafon

Waiting, Soul, Rust

Carlos Ruiz Zafon (2005). “The Shadow of the Wind”, p.298, Penguin

People with a meagre soul always try to make others feel small too.

Carlos Ruiz Zafon

People, Soul, Trying

Carlos Ruiz Zafon (2012). “The Prisoner of Heaven: A Novel”, p.14, Harper Collins

Every book has a soul, the soul of the person who wrote it and the soul of those who read it and dream about it.

Carlos Ruiz Zafon

Dream, Book, Soul

I had never known the pleasure of reading, of exploring the recesses of the soul, of letting myself be carried away by imagination, beauty, and the mystery of fiction and language. For me all those things were born with that novel.

Carlos Ruiz Zafon

Reading, Imagination, Soul

Carlos Ruiz Zafon (2005). “The Shadow of the Wind”, p.36, Penguin

Once you lost all hope, time began to go faster and the senseless days deadened your soul.

Carlos Ruiz Zafon

Hope, Soul, Lost

Carlos Ruiz Zafon (2012). “The Prisoner of Heaven”, p.78, Hachette UK

His soul is in his stories. I once asked him who inspired him to create his characters, and his answer was no one. That all his characters were himself.

Carlos Ruiz Zafon

Character, Soul, Stories

Carlos Ruiz Zafon (2005). “The Shadow of the Wind”, p.164, Penguin

I would like to save all books, those that are banned, those that are burned, or forgotten with contempt by the mandarins who want to tell us what is good and what is bad. Every book has a soul ... and I believe every book is worth saving from either bigotry or oblivion.

Carlos Ruiz Zafon

Believe, Book, Soul

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.

Carlos Ruiz Zafon

Silence, Soul, Needs

Carlos Ruiz Zafon (2005). “The Shadow of the Wind”, p.388, Penguin

Are you not tempted to create a story for which men and women would live and die, for which they would be capable of killing and allowing them to be killed, of sacrificing and condemning themselves, of handling over their souls?

Carlos Ruiz Zafon

Sacrifice, Men, Soul