you can not fully read a book without being alone. But through this very solitude you become intimately involved with people whom you might never have met otherwise, either because they have been dead for centuries or because they spoke languages you cannot understand. And, nonetheless, they have become your closest friends, your wisest advisors, the wizards that hypnotize you, the lovers you have always dreamed of. -Antonio munoz molinas, "the power of the pen
Cornelia FunkeBooks are like flypaper, memories cling to the printed pages better than anything else.
Cornelia FunkeThere could be few men whose love for a woman had been written on his face with a knife.
Cornelia Funke