English En
  • Deutsche De
  • English En
  • Français Fr
  • Русский Ru

We use cookies to personalise content and ads, to provide social media features and to analyse our traffic. We also share information about your use of our site with our marketing and analytics partners who may combine it with other information you've provided to them or which they've separately collected from you. You also may to see our Privacy Policy. By clicking the OK button below, you accept our cookies.

Authors:

Cornelia Funke Quotes

A longing for books [is] nothing compared with what you [can] feel for human beings. The books [tell] you about that feeling. The books [speak] of love, and it [is] wonderful to listen to them, but they [are] no substitute for love itself.

Cornelia Funke

About author

Related Authors

Topics

Quotes currently Trending

SILVIUS: How many actions most ridiculous/Hast thou been drawn to by thy fantasy? CORIN: Into a thousand that I have forgotten. SILVIUS: O, thou didst then ne'er love so heartily!/If thou remember'st not the slightest folly/That ever love did make thee run into,/Thou hast not loved:/Or if thou hast not sat as I do now,/Wearying thy hearer in thy mistress' praise,/Thou hast not loved... William Shakespeare
Talib Kweli quote: "The way I see it, if people truly love my music, they will..."
The way I see it, if people truly love my music, they will support me in some way down the road. Talib Kweli
One of the people that wrote a forward to my book is Gerry Spence, whom I admire. Gerry is a friend of mine, and Gerry's perhaps the leading criminal defense attorney in the country. Vincent Bugliosi
Ralph Hodgson quote: "Some things have to be believed in to be seen."
Some things have to be believed in to be seen. Ralph Hodgson
Stephen King quote: "Or perhaps it was the voice of the Darker Girl."
Or perhaps it was the voice of the Darker Girl. Stephen King
I was at the pinnacle of my career one day and the next day I was put out to pasture. I felt like a race horse with a broken leg. Jack Klugman
Mary Wortley quote: "I prefer liberty to chains of diamonds."
I prefer liberty to chains of diamonds. Mary Wortley
Thomas S. Monson quote: "Don't save something for a special occasion. Every day of..."
Don't save something for a special occasion. Every day of your life is a special occasion. Thomas S. Monson
Diahann Carroll quote: "I have a line of clothing at J.C. Penney's... and I'm lucky to..."
I have a line of clothing at J.C. Penney's... and I'm lucky to be affiliated. Diahann Carroll
Woody Allen quote: "Most of the time I don't have much fun. The rest of the time I..."
Most of the time I don't have much fun. The rest of the time I don't have any fun at all. Woody Allen
Paul Walker quote: "I could take you for a walk on the beach and I could point out..."
I could take you for a walk on the beach and I could point out just about any creature and give you their Latin names. Paul Walker
Bruce Dern quote: "The people I worked with were bigger than life. Once you put..."
The people I worked with were bigger than life. Once you put them on the screen, they were huge. Bruce Dern
optimism, n. The doctrine, or belief, that everything is beautiful, including what is ugly, everything good, especially the bad, and everything right that is wrong. It is held with greatest tenacity by those most accustomed to the mischance of falling into adversity, and is most acceptably expounded with disproof - an intellectual disorder, yielding to no treatment but death. It is hereditary, but fortunately not contagious. Ambrose Bierce
I think the thing about that was I was always willing to work; I was not the fastest or biggest player but I was determined to be the best football player I could be on the football field and I think I was able to accomplish that through hard work. Jerry Rice
Listen: I don't have anything against autobiographies, so long as the writer has a penis that's twelve inches long when erect. So long as the writer is a woman who was once a whore and is moderately wealthy in her old age. Roberto Bolano