Cornelia Funke Quotes - Page 2

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• The truth's not pretty of course. No one likes to look it in the face.

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  Looks, Likes, Faces

  Cornelia Funke (2011). “Inkheart”, p.196, Scholastic Inc.

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• If I was a book, I would like to be a library book, so I would be taken home by all different sorts of kids.

  Cornelia Funke

  Book, Taken, Reading

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• Every reader knows about the feeling that characters in books seem more real than real people.

  Cornelia Funke

  Real, Book, Character

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• Only in books could you find pity, comfort, happiness and love.

  Cornelia Funke

  Book, Happiness And Love, Comfort

  Cornelia Funke (2011). “Inkheart”, p.345, Chicken House

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• In love - it sounded like a sickness without any cure, and wasn't that just how it sometimes felt?

  Cornelia Funke

  Sometimes, Sickness, Cures

  Cornelia Funke (2011). “Inkdeath”, p.147, Scholastic Inc.

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• We're all liars when it serves our purpose.

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  Liars, Purpose, Inkheart

  Cornelia Funke (2011). “Inkheart”, p.136, Chicken House

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• I always wanted to ride a dragon myself, so I decided to do this for a year in my imagination.

  Cornelia Funke

  Dragons, Years, Imagination

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• So what? All writers are lunatics!

  Cornelia Funke

  Writing

  Cornelia Funke (2011). “Inkspell”, p.281, Scholastic Inc.

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• 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.

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  Book, Reading, Ears

  Cornelia Funke (2011). “Inkheart”, p.7, Scholastic Inc.

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• When the heart craved something so forcefully, then reason became nothing but helpless observer.

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  Heart, Reason, Observers

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• Because fear kills everything," Mo had once told her. "Your mind, your heart, your imagination.

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  Heart, Imagination, Mind

  Cornelia Funke (2011). “Inkheart”, p.128, Scholastic Inc.

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• Farid had brought an invisible guest with him. Fear.

  Cornelia Funke

  Guests, Invisible

  Cornelia Funke (2011). “Inkspell”, p.47, Chicken House

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• Believe, believe, believe

  Cornelia Funke

  Believe

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• My children were all made from paper and printer's ink.

  Cornelia Funke

  Children, Ink, Paper

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• What's that sticky stuff called? Basta: Duct tape. Yes, duct tape. I love duct tape.

  Cornelia Funke

  Tape, Stuff, Inkheart

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• It's the same in real life: Notorious murderers get off scot-free and live happily all their lives, while good people die - sometimes the very best people. That's the way of the world.

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  Real, People, World

  Cornelia Funke (2011). “Inkheart”, p.208, Chicken House

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• Words,words filled the night like the fragrance of invisible flowers.

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  Flower, Night, Invisible

  Cornelia Funke (2011). “Inkheart”, p.536, Scholastic Inc.

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• Ten minutes can be a long time when you're waiting with a beating heart for something you don't understand, something you don't really want to know.

  Cornelia Funke

  Heart, Long, Waiting

  Cornelia Funke (2013). “The Thief Lord”, p.114, Chicken House

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• A thousand enemies outside the house are better than one within. Arab proverb

  Cornelia Funke

  House, Enemy, Thousand

  Cornelia Funke (2011). “Inkheart”, p.76, Scholastic Inc.

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• Power. Intoxicating. Like a fine wine.

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  Wine, Fine, Fine Wine

  Cornelia Funke (2010). “Reckless”, p.44, Hachette UK

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• He wants to be grown-up. How different dreams can be! Nature will soon grant your wish.

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  Dream, Wish, Different

  Cornelia Funke (2011). “The Thief Lord”, p.206, Scholastic Inc.

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• You know a great many things in dreams, often despite the evidence of your eyes. You just know them.

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  Dream, Eye, Inkheart

  Cornelia Funke (2011). “Inkheart”, p.412, Scholastic Inc.

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• Writing stories is a kind of magic, too.

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  Writing, Magic, Stories

  Cornelia Funke (2011). “Inkheart”, p.525, Scholastic Inc.

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• There are not so many mythical creatures from Inkheart.

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  Mythical Creatures, Inkheart, Creatures

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• You know, it's a funny thing about writers. Most people don't stop to think of books being written by people much like themselves. They think that writers are all dead long ago--they don't expect to meet them in the street or out shopping. They know their stories but not their names, and certainly not their faces. And most writers like it that way.

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  Book, Thinking, Long Ago

  Cornelia Funke (2011). “Inkheart”, p.231, Scholastic Inc.

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