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Cornelia Funke Quotes

Cornelia Funke quotes

Deutsch Author, Writer December 10, 1958

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We all know what fun it can be to get right into a book and live there for a while, but falling out of a story and suddenly finding yourself in this world doesn't seem to be much fun at all. 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. Cornelia Funke
The book she had been reading was under her pillow, pressing its cover against her ear as if to lure her back into its printed pages. Cornelia Funke
Is there anything in the world better than words on the page? Magic signs, the voices of the dead, building blocks to make wonderful worlds better than this one, comforters, companions in loneliness. Keepers of secrets, speakers of the truth...all those glorious words. Cornelia Funke
And I always read the English translation and always have conversations with my translator, for example about the names. I always have to approve it. Cornelia Funke
Cornelia Funke quote: "Dustfinger closed his eyes and listened. He was home again."
Dustfinger closed his eyes and listened. He was home again. Cornelia Funke
Her curiosity was too much for her. She felt almost as if she could hear the books whispering on the other side of the half-open door. They were promising her a thousand unknown stories, a thousand doors into worlds she had never seen before. Cornelia Funke
Quite suddenly Meggie felt fear rise in her like black brackish water, she felt lost, terribly lost, she felt it in every part of her. She didn't belong here! What had she done? Cornelia Funke
Cornelia Funke quote: "You know what they say: When people start burning books..."
You know what they say: When people start burning books they'll soon burn human beings. Cornelia Funke
Cornelia Funke quote: "Writing stories is a kind of magic, too."
Writing stories is a kind of magic, too. Cornelia Funke
Cornelia Funke quote: "As Mo had said: writing stories is a kind of magic, too."
As Mo had said: writing stories is a kind of magic, too. Cornelia Funke
He put his hands on her shoulders and kissed her full on the mouth. His skin was wet with rain. When she didn't pull away, he took her face between his hands and kissed her again, on her forehead, on her nose, on her mouth once more. "You will come, won't you? Promisse!" he whispered. Cornelia Funke
Cornelia Funke quote: "I like to visit my horse, have a walk with my dog."
I like to visit my horse, have a walk with my dog. Cornelia Funke
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? Cornelia Funke
Yes, Mo would come. Meggie could think of nothing else as Fenoglio led her away with him, his arm around her as if he could really protect her from Capricorn and Basta and all the others. But he couldn't. Would Mo be able to protect her? Of course not. He mustn't come, she thought. Please. Perhaps he won't be able to find his way in again! He mustn't come. Yet there was nothing she wanted more, nothing in the whole wide world. Cornelia Funke

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