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The only way you can truly get to know an author is through the trail of ink he leaves behind him. The person you think you see is only an empty character: truth is always hidden in fiction.

The only way you can truly get to know an author is through the trail of ink he leaves behind him. The person you think you see is only an empty character: truth is always hidden in fiction.

Approximate author period: c. 1992 AD · modern

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Author or tradition
Carlos Ruiz Zafón
Attribution: attributed
Country attributed
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Historical period
Approximate author period: c. 1992 AD · modern
Approximate author-period anchor from life dates 1964 to 2020; Wikidata Q296752, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q296752 (accessed 2026-10-08). Not a quotation composition date.
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