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

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Cornelia Funke
Age: 66
Born: 1958
Born: December 10
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My dear Elinor, you were obviously born into the wrong story,” said Dustfinger at last.
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There could be few men whose love for a woman had been written on his face with a knife.
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What's the matter princess? Do you know the end of your story?
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When it came to hiding, even Gwin had nothing to teach Dustfinger. A strange sense of curiosity had always driven him to explore the hidden, forgotten corners of this and any other place, and all that knowledge had now come in useful.
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How fast the ears learned to tell what sounds meant, much faster than it took the eyes to decipher written words.
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Let's run away to Venice, and hide out in an old movie theater. We can dye our hair blonde, so no one will ever find us!
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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.
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Sometimes, when you’re sad you don’t know what to do, it helps to be angry. But then the tears come back again all the same, and you fall asleep with the salty taste of them on your lips.
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Books are like flypaper, memories cling to the printed pages better than anything else.
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Every reader knows about the feeling that characters in books seem more real than real people.
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Words,words filled the night like the fragrance of invisible flowers.
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Words were useless. At times, they might sound wonderful, but they let you down the moment you really needed them. You could never find the right words, never, and where would you look for them? The heart is as silent as a fish, however much the tongue tries to give it a voice.
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I wish you luck,' she said, kissing him on the cheek. He still had the most beautiful eyes of any boy she'd ever seen. But now her heart beat so much faster for someone else.
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I always wanted to ride a dragon myself, so I decided to do this for a year in my imagination.
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Nothing is more terrifying than fearlessness.
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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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Mortimer's face twisted when the Piper pressed his knife against his ribs. Oh yes, he's obviously made the wrong enemies in this story, thought Orpheus. And the wrong friends. But that was high-minded heroes for you. Stupid.
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