Sophia Taylor

“I miss having a villain. Whether we realize it or not, most of us define ourselves by opposing rather than favoring something or someone. To put it another way, it is easier to react than to act. Nothing arouses a passion for dogma more than a good antagonist.”
― Carlos Ruiz Zafón

“Nothing makes us believe more than fear, the certainty of being threatened. When we feel like victims, all our actions and beliefs are legitimized, however questionable they may be. Our opponents, or simply our neighbors, stop sharing common ground with us and become our enemies. We stop being aggressors and become defenders. The envy, greed, or resentment that motivates us becomes sanctified because we tell ourselves we're acting in self-defense. Evil, menace - those are always the preserve of the other. The first step for believing passionately is fear. Fear of losing our identity, our life, our status, or our beliefs. Fear is the gunpowder and hatred is the fuse”
― Carlos Ruiz Zafón

“It’s coming back to me—God was punished. On that day, I understood that God wasn’t all-powerful. Since then, I’ve never seen him again.”
― Cristelle Dabos

“I tried to recover some of my dignity, but all I found was sarcasm”
― Carlos Ruiz Zafón, The Angel's Game