Michael Ende

Without a past you can't have a future.

— Michael Ende

Nothing is lost. . .Everything is transformed.

— Michael Ende

But that is another story and shall be told another time.

— Michael Ende

“When you know as much as we do, nothing matters.”

— Michael Ende

There are many kinds of delusion.

— Michael Ende

My will can control anything that’s empty.

— Michael Ende

Every real story is a never ending story.

— Michael Ende

Time is life itself, and life resides in the human heart.

— Michael Ende

“A person’s reason for doing someone a good turn matters as much as the good turn itself.”

— Michael Ende

“Para ellos no puede cambiar nada, porque ellos mismos no pueden ya cambiar.”

— Michael Ende

Those who still think that listening isn’t an art should see if they can do it half as well.

— Michael Ende

Once someone dreams a dream, it can't just drop out of existence. But if the dreamer can't remember it, what becomes of…

— Michael Ende

“Atreyu was fighting not for himself, but for his friend, whom he was trying to save by defeating him.”

— Michael Ende

Maybe all the people who say ghosts don't exist are just afraid to admit that they do.

— Michael Ende

A story can be new and yet tell about olden times. The past comes into existence with the story.

— Michael Ende

Those who still think listening isn't an art should see if they can do it half as well.

— Michael Ende

“Todo o reino de Fantasia assenta-se sobre alicerces de sonhos esquecidos." A História Sem Fim (The whole kingdom of Fantasy sits upon…

— Michael Ende

“In his opinion, all the world’s misfortunes stemmed from the countless untruths, both deliberate and unintentional, which people told because of haste…

— Michael Ende

Calendars and clocks exist to measure time, but that signifies little because we all know that an hour can seem as eternity…

— Michael Ende

“Usted me considera estúpido, ¿verdad? Tal vez tenga razón. Pero me parece que de alguna manera hay que ser estúpido si se…

— Michael Ende

“All the world's misfortunes stemmed from the countless untruths, both deliberate and unintentional, which people told because of haste or carelessness.”

— Michael Ende

To be wise was to be above joy and sorrow, fear and pity, ambition and humiliation. It was to hate nothing and…

— Michael Ende

“When it comes to controlling human beings there is no better instrument than lies. Because, you see, humans live by beliefs. And…

— Michael Ende

She would sit by herself in the middle of the old stoe amphitheatre, with the sky's starry vault overhead, and simply listen…

— Michael Ende

“[Bastian] didn't like books in which dull, cranky writers describe humdrum events in the very humdrum lives of humdrum people. Reality gave…

— Michael Ende

“But there was another thing Momo couldn't quite understand - a thing that hadn't happened until very recently. More and more often…

— Michael Ende

He wanted to be loved for being just what he was. In this community of Yskalnari there was harmony, but no love.…

— Michael Ende

“Hasta entonces, todo había sido para él como un gran juego. Se lo había tomado tan en serio como se tomaba cualquier…

— Michael Ende

If you stop to think about it, you’ll have to admit that all the stories in the world consist essentially of twenty-six…

— Michael Ende

There were doors that looked like large keyholes, others that resembled the entrances to caves, there were golden doors, some were padded…

— Michael Ende

“She felt as if she were imprisoned in a vault heaped with priceless treasures - an ever-growing hoard that threatened to crush…

— Michael Ende

“In that moment Bastian made a profound discovery. You wish for something, you've wanted it for years, and you're sure you want…

— Michael Ende

“...it's like this. Sometimes, when you've a very long street ahead of you, you think how terribly long it is and feel…

— Michael Ende

“When your turn comes to jump into the Nothing, you too will be a nameless servant of power, with no will of…

— Michael Ende

“Reluctantly Bastian's thoughts turned back to reality. He was glad the Neverending Story had nothing to do with that. He didn't like…

— Michael Ende

“If you have never spent whole afternoons with burning ears and rumpled hair, forgetting the world around you over a book, forgetting…

— Michael Ende

“I did everything wrong," he said. "I misunderstood everything. Moon Child gave me so much, and all I did with it was…

— Michael Ende

“Human passions have mysterious ways, in children as well as grown-ups. Those affected by them can't explain them, and those who haven't…

— Michael Ende

“Bastian looked at the book. 'I wonder,' he said to himself, 'what's in a book while it's closed. Oh, I know it's…

— Michael Ende

“It's asking us our names," Falkor reported. "I'm Atreyu!" Atreyu cried. "I'm Falkor!" cried Falkor. The boy without a name was silent.…

— Michael Ende