Cornelia Funke quotes - page 3

Let's run away to Venice, and hide out in an old movie theater. We can dye our hair blonde, so no one will ever find us! (Cornelia Funke)
a book always keeps something of its owner between its pages. View quote
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Please," she whispered as she opened the book, "please get me out of here just for an hour or so, please take me far, far away. View quote
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She is a real bookworm. I think she lives on print. Her whole house is full of books - looks as if she likes them better than human company. View quote
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Which of us has not felt that the character we are reading in the printed page is more real than the person standing beside us? View quote
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When you open a book it's like going to the theater first you see the curtain then it is pulled aside and the show begins. View quote
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My children were all made from paper and printer's ink. View quote
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He wants to be grown-up. How different dreams can be! Nature will soon grant your wish. View quote
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There are not so many mythical creatures from Inkheart. View quote
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Every reader knows about the feeling that characters in books seem more real than real people. View quote
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Books are like flypaper, memories cling to the printed pages better than anything else. (Cornelia Funke)
Second, there are so many magical places in books that you can't go to, like Hogwarts and Middle Earth, so I wanted to set a story in a place where children can actually go. View quote
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He longed for the deep as she longed for the night sky and for white lilies floating on water -- although she still tried to convince herself that love alone could feed her soul. View quote
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Read – and be curious. And if somebody says to you: 'Things are this way. You can't change it' - don't believe a word. View quote
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Nobody loves only once. View quote
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Nothing chased nightmares away faster than the rustle of printed paper. View quote
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Every German child learns to speak English in school. View quote
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And my father always took me to the library. We were both book addicts. View quote
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I remember the feeling. Whenever my father got so absorbed in a book that we might have been in visible I felt like taking a pair of scissors and cutting it up. View quote
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When the heart craved something so forcefully, then reason became nothing but helpless observer. View quote
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perhaps because this time not fear but love made him read. (Cornelia Funke)
My daughter, Anna, is almost 15, and my son, Ben, is almost 10. View quote
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But after all, the villains are the salt in the soup of a story. View quote
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I just did a picture book called The Wildest Brother on Earth, and you will find both of my children in there. View quote
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I don't like to eat the same dish every day, so I read very different things. View quote
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