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Wars have no memory, and nobody has the courage to understand them until there are no voices left to tell what happened.

Wars have no memory, and nobody has the courage to understand them until there are no voices left to tell what happened.

Carlos Ruiz Zafon
Memories, War, Voice
"The Shadow of the Wind". Book by Carlos Ruiz Zafon, 2001.

Nothing feeds forgetfulness better than war.... We all keep quiet and they try to convince us that what we've seen, what we've done, what we've learned about ourselves and about others, is an illusion, a passing nightmare. Wars have no memory, and nobody has the courage to understand them until there are no voices left to tell what happened, until the moment comes when we no longer recognize them and they return, with another face and another name, to devour what they left behind.

Carlos Ruiz Zafon
Memories, War, Convince Us

I'm fascinated by the period that goes from the Industrial Revolution to right after World War II. There's something about that period that's epic and tragic. There's a point after the industrial period where it seems like humanity's finally going to make it right. There were advances in medicine and technology and education. People are going to be able to live longer lives; literacy is starting to spread. It seemed like finally, after centuries of toiling and misery, that humanity was going to get to a better stage. And then what happens is precisely the contrary. Humanity betrays itself.

Carlos Ruiz Zafon
War, Epic, Technology

Why is it that all wars are won by bankers?

Carlos Ruiz Zafon
War, Bankers
Carlos Ruiz Zafon (2012). “The Prisoner of Heaven”, p.86, Hachette UK

Every work of art is aggressive, Isabella. And every artist's life is a small war or a large one, beginning with oneself and one's limitations. To achieve anything you must first have ambition and then talent, knowledge, and finally the opportunity.

Carlos Ruiz Zafon
Art, War, Ambition

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