Carlos Ruiz Zafon Quotes

They wanted to have a good time, but they were like children playing in the street; they could see one after another of them being killed--run over, maimed, destroyed--but they continued to play anyhow.

We gauge risk literally hundreds of times per day, usually well and often subconsciously. We start assessing risk before the disaster even happens. We are doing is right now. We decide where to live and what kind of insurance to buy, just like we process all kinds of everyday risks: we wear bike helmets, or not. We buckle our seatbelts, smoke cigarettes, and let our kids stay out until midnight. Or not.

Yeah, I know getting high isn't so smart. Ask me if I care.

Everybody knows if you are too careful you are so occupied in being careful that you are sure to stumble over something.

The war correspondent has his stake - his life - in his own hands, and he can put it on this horse or that horse, or he can put it back in his pocket at the very last minute.

We seal our fate with the choices we take, but don't give a second thought to the chances we take.

People who don't take risks generally make about two big mistakes a year. People who do take risks generally make about two big mistakes a year.

May as well be hanged for a sheep as a lamb.

I don't think about consequences too much.

But we're aware of the danger all the time. We all know what can happen. I jump in the car and forget it. If you start thinking one of us will get hurt it's more likely to happen.

there are risks you'll take for yourself because you know that if your plan goes wrong, it'll be too late for regrets. but if you risk the lives of others and fail, you'll have a lifetime to regret it.

We always have to ask ourselves whether the level of risk is worth the story. What is bravery, and what is bravado?

I'm far more dangerous now, because I don't care at all.

Life entails risk, and you have to draw some lines.

By definition, risk-takers often fail. So do morons. In practice it's difficult to sort them out.

I don't return fruit. Fruit's a gamble. I know that going in.

In order for people to be happy, sometimes they have to take risks. It's true these risks can put them in danger of being hurt.

The biggest fear you face, as an actor, is whether people are going to like you. When you learn to let go of that fear, you can go so much deeper into the role and really take much bigger risks 'cause you're not worried about trivial things like that.

Apathy borders upon folly.

A serious life means being fully aware of the alternatives, thinking about them with all the intensity one brings to bear on life-and-death questions, in full recognition that every choice is a great risk with necessary consequences that are hard to bear.

The unexpected cannot guarantee success, but it guarantees the best chance of success.

I'm a firm believer in taking risks in life, because you'll never get anywhere unless you do, and the more risk involved the greater the outcome - or the worse, but you never know so you've got to go for it.

Never to be frightened of taking risks and always follow your instincts!

It's hard to be careful, though, when you feel indestructible.

When my generation was your age, we took crazy risks. The wildest thing was - prepare to be shocked - we deliberately ingested carbohydrates!