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Fire and water, he said, don't really mix. You could say they're incompatible. But when they do love each other, they love passionately.

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Cornelia Funke
Age: 65
Born: 1958
Born: December 10
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Passionately
Fire
Water
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My dear Elinor, you were obviously born into the wrong story,” said Dustfinger at last.
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The spoken word is nothing. It hardly lives longer than an insect! Only the written word is eternal. - Balbulus
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This book taught me, once and for all, how easily you can escape this world with the help of words! You can find friends between the pages of a book, wonderful friends.
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