Cornelia Funke, Inkheart Quotes

The sea always filled her with longing, though for what she was never sure.

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

It's a good idea to have your own books with you in a strange place

Down there the nights are bright and nobody believes in the Devil.

The night belongs to beasts of prey, and always has. It's easy to forget that when you're indoors, protected by light and solid walls.

As Mo had said: writing stories is a kind of magic, too.

It [the book] was spinning a magic spell around her heart, sticky as a spider's web and enchantingly beautiful..

Because fear kills everything, " Mo had once told her. "Your mind, your heart, your imagination.

I always used to read aloud to her in the evenings--

You're the one who says books have to be heavy because the whole world's inside them...

All writers are insane!

Night was fading over the fields as if the rain had washed the darkness out of the hem of its garment.

It was a chilly morning after the night's rain, and the sun hung in the sky like a pale coin lost by someone high up in the clouds.

Meggie thought this first whisper sounded a little different from one book to another, depending on weather or not she already knew the story it was going to tell her.