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Perhaps the story in the book is just the lid on a pan: It always stays the same, but underneath there's a whole world that goes on - developing and changing like our own world.
Cornelia Funke
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Cornelia Funke
Age: 65
Born: 1958
Born: December 10
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And my father always took me to the library. We were both book addicts.
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Which of us has not felt that the character we are reading in the printed page is more real than the person standing beside us?
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