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Books are like flypaper, memories cling to the printed pages better than anything else.

Cornelia Funke

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Cornelia Funke
Age: 65
Born: 1958
Born: December 10
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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.
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Life was more difficult in Inkheart, yet it seemed to Meggie that with every new day Fenoglio's story was spinning a magic spell around her heart, sticky as a spider's web and enchantingly beautiful.
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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.
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The night swallowed him up like a thieving fox.
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Since when does the butterfly ask about the caterpillar?
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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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Hey, don't take this the wrong way, but don't come back, ok?
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Sometimes Dustfinger thought Basta's constant fear of curses and sudden disaster probably arose from his terror of the darkness within himself, which made him assume that the rest of the world must be exactly the same.
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She is a real bookworm. I think she lives on print. Her whole house is full of books - looks as if she likes them better than human company.
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And I plan to write a sequel to Dragon Rider.
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When you open a book it's like going to the theater first you see the curtain then it is pulled aside and the show begins.
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Isn't it odd how much fatter a book gets when you've read it several times?
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What are stories for if we don't learn from them?
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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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A library book, I imagine, is a happy book.
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Reality is a fragile thing.
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The truth's not pretty of course. No one likes to look it in the face.
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I love to read aloud.
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Where did the love come from? What was it made of?
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I wish I had more time to visit schools.
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