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Quote by Jorge Luis Borges

“A writer - and, I believe, generally all persons - must think that whatever happens to him or her is a resource.”

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Jorge Luis Borges was an Argentine writer, poet, and literary critic. His works are known for their unique fantasy and philosophical thinking, which have had a profound impact on 20th-century literature. more

“Two aesthetics exist: the passive aesthetic of mirrors and the active aesthetic of prisms. Guided by the former, art turns into a copy of the environment's objectivity or the individual's psychic history. Guided by the latter, art is redeemed, makes the world into its instrument, and forges, beyond spatial and temporal prisons, a personal vision.”

“The haunting of history is ever present in Barcelona. I see cities as organisms, as living creatures. To me, Madrid is a man and Barcelona is a woman. And its a woman whos extremely vain.”

Men Cities Creatures Vain Organisms Haunting Living Creatures Barcelona Madrid

Author:Carlos Ruiz Zafon

“Barcelona is a very old city in which you can feel the weight of history; it is haunted by history. You cannot walk around it without perceiving it.”

Feels Walks Cities Weight Barcelona

Author:Carlos Ruiz Zafon

“My childhood was surrounded by books and writing. From a very early age I was fascinated by storytelling, by the printed word, by language, by ideas. So I would seek them out.”

Writing Book Ideas Age Language Childhood Storytelling Fascinated Printed Printed Word

Author:Carlos Ruiz Zafon

“The Cemetery of Forgotten Books is like the greatest, most fantastic library you could ever imagine. Its a labyrinth of books with tunnels, bridges, arches, secret sections - and its hidden inside an old palace in the old city of Barcelona.”

Book Secret Cities Imagine Library Forgotten Fantastic Bridges Sections Palaces Tunnels Cemetery Labyrinth Barcelona Arches

Author:Carlos Ruiz Zafon

“I spend a lot of time in L.A., and when it rains there you get the entire rainfall for the year in two days, raindrops the size of mangoes. And in Barcelona, the Mediterranean storms come up from the sea, thunder and lightning; its like the end of the world.”

World Years Two Ends Sea Rain Size Come Up Storm Lightning Thunder End Of The World Two Days Barcelona Raindrops Rainfall Thunder And Lightning Mediterranean Sea

Author:Carlos Ruiz Zafon

“Mention the gothic, and many readers will probably picture gloomy castles and an assortment of sinister Victoriana. However, the truth is that the gothic genre has continued to flourish and evolve since the days of Bram Stoker, producing some of its most interesting and accomplished examples in the 20th century - in literature, film and beyond.”

Film Literature Interesting Century Example Reader Truth Is Evolve Genre Accomplished 20th Century Castles Gothic Most Interesting Gloomy Sinister Stoker

Author:Carlos Ruiz Zafon

“The Cemetery of Forgotten Books is a metaphor, not just for books but for ideas, for language, for knowledge, for beauty, for all the things that make us human, for collecting memory”

Humans Book Ideas Language Memories Forgotten Metaphor Collecting Cemetery

Author:Carlos Ruiz Zafon

“I think the only positive thing that came from Uruguays dictatorship was the spread of Montevideo natives around the world, and I continued writing about them from my various places of exile.”

Thinking World Writing Various Spread Around The World Dictatorship Exile Positive Things

Author:Mario Benedetti

“When I have worries, fears or a love affair, I have the luck of being able to transform it into a poem.”

Able Worry Luck Affair Love Affair Worry Fear

Author:Mario Benedetti

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