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Cornelia Funke Quotes

Cornelia Funke quotes

Deutsch Author, Writer December 10, 1958

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Cornelia Funke quote: "Mo could paint pictures in the empty air with his voice alone."
Mo could paint pictures in the empty air with his voice alone. Cornelia Funke
The Magpie took off her glove and looked scornfully at him. "Basta likes to use snakes to scare woman that reject his advances. It didn't work with Resa. How did it go exactly - didn't she finally put the snake outside your door, Basta? Cornelia Funke
The books in Mo and Meggie's house were stacked under tables, on chairs, in the corners of the rooms. There where books in the kitchen and books in the lavatory. Books on the TV set and in the closet, small piles of books, tall piles of books, books thick and thin, books old and new. They welcomed Meggie down to breakfast with invitingly opened pages; they kept boredom at bay when the weather was bad. And sometimes you fall over them. Cornelia Funke
Yes, everything will be all right, thanks to Elinor! She could have sung and danced (not that she was much of a dancer and she was sitting in a car). Cornelia Funke
claimed to be the man who wrote a certain book? what was its name again?"Inkheart." Fenoglio rubbed his aching back. "Its title is Inkheart because it's about a manwhose wicked heart is as black as ink, filled with darkness and evil. I still like the title. Cornelia Funke
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. Cornelia Funke
Cornelia Funke quote: "My grandmother told stories; she was very good at that."
My grandmother told stories; she was very good at that. Cornelia Funke
Women were different, no doubt about it. Men broke so much more quickly. Grief didn't break women. Instead it wore them down, it hollowed them out very slowly. Cornelia Funke
Why could she remember nothing but stories of frightened people when Capricorn looked at her? She usually found it so easy to escape somewhere else, to get right inside the minds of people and animals who existed only on paper, so why not now? Because she was afraid. "Because fear kills everything," Mo had once told her. "Your mind, your heart, your imagination. Cornelia Funke
There is no need," Capricorn finally began, raising his voice, "for me to explain to most of you why the three prisoners you see there are to be punished. For the rest, it is enough for me to say it is for treachery, loose talk, and stupidity. One may argue, of course, over whether or not stupidity is a crime deserving of death. I think it is, for it can have exactly the same consequences as treachery. Cornelia Funke
Cornelia Funke quote: "Books are like flypaper, memories cling to the printed pages..."
Books are like flypaper, memories cling to the printed pages better than anything else. Cornelia Funke
Cornelia Funke quote: "I wish I had more time to visit schools."
I wish I had more time to visit schools. Cornelia Funke
Cornelia Funke quote: "Every reader knows about the feeling that characters in books..."
Every reader knows about the feeling that characters in books seem more real than real people. Cornelia Funke
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. Cornelia Funke
All books are in safe hands with me. They're my children, my inky children, and I look after them well. I keep the sunlight away from their pages, I dust and protect them from hungry hookworms and grubby human fingers. Cornelia Funke

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