# Quote — Carlos Ruiz Zafón, La Sombra del Viento

> Coincidences are the scars of fate.

- Author: [Carlos Ruiz Zafón](https://www.leafyquotes.com/carlos-ruiz-zafon.md)
- Book: [La Sombra del Viento](https://www.leafyquotes.com/carlos-ruiz-zafon/la-sombra-del-viento.md)
- Source: [Wikiquote](https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Carlos_Ruiz_Zaf%C3%B3n#La_sombra_del_viento_(The_Shadow_of_the_Wind)_(2001)) ([CC BY-SA 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/))
- Quote page: https://www.leafyquotes.com/carlos-ruiz-zafon/la-sombra-del-viento/coincidences-are-the

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> There's no such thing as dead languages, only dormant minds.

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> A secret's worth depends on the people from whom it must be kept.

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> Now I know I have already lost you. I have lost everything. Even so, I can't let you go forever and allow you to forget me without letting you know that I don't bear you any grudge, that I knew it from the start, I knew that I was going to lose you and that you would never see in me what I see in you. I want you to know that I loved you from the very first day and that I still love you, now more than ever, even if you don't want me to.

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