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> [“For a moment Dustfinger felt as if he had never been away- as if he had simply had a bad dream, and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/cornelia-funke/for-a-moment-dustfinger-felt-as-if-he-had-never-been-away-as-if-he/)

[Cornelia Funke](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/cornelia-funke/)

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> [So Mo began filling the silence with words. He lured them out of the pages as if they had only been waiting…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/cornelia-funke/so-mo-began-filling-the-silence-with-words-he-lured-them-out-of-the/)

[Cornelia Funke](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/cornelia-funke/)

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> [The world was a terrible place, cruel, pitiless, dark as a bad dream. Not a good place to live. Only in books…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/cornelia-funke/the-world-was-a-terrible-place-cruel-pitiless-dark-as-a-bad-dream-not/)

[Cornelia Funke](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/cornelia-funke/)

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## Other authors on Bad dream

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## More by Cornelia Funke

> [ There was another reason \[she\] took her books whenever they went away. They were her home when she was somewhere strange. They were familiar… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/cornelia-funke/there-was-another-reason-she-took-her-books-whenever-they-went-away/)

[Cornelia Funke](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/cornelia-funke/)

> [“A story is a labyrinth, it looks as if there were several ways to go, but only one is right, and there's a nasty…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/cornelia-funke/a-story-is-a-labyrinth-it-looks-as-if-there-were-several-ways-to-go/)

[Cornelia Funke](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/cornelia-funke/)

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/cornelia-funke/he-put-his-hands-on-her-shoulders-and-kissed-her-full-on-the-mouth/)

[Cornelia Funke](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/cornelia-funke/)

> [“For a moment Dustfinger felt as if he had never been away- as if he had simply had a bad dream, and the memory…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/cornelia-funke/for-a-moment-dustfinger-felt-as-if-he-had-never-been-away-as-if-he/)

[Cornelia Funke](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/cornelia-funke/)

> [Don't let it worry you, not being able to speak,'Dustfinger had often told her. 'People tend not to listen anyway, right?](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/cornelia-funke/don-t-let-it-worry-you-not-being-able-to-speak-dustfinger-had-often/)

[Cornelia Funke](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/cornelia-funke/)

> [“And he will have a great aunt called Elinor who tells him there's a world not like this one. A world with neither fairies…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/cornelia-funke/and-he-will-have-a-great-aunt-called-elinor-who-tells-him-there-s-a/)

[Cornelia Funke](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/cornelia-funke/)

> [“Yes, Mo would come. Meggie could think of nothing else as Fenoglio led her away with him, his arm around her as if he…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/cornelia-funke/yes-mo-would-come-meggie-could-think-of-nothing-else-as-fenoglio-led/)

[Cornelia Funke](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/cornelia-funke/)

> [When it came to hiding, even Gwin had nothing to teach Dustfinger. A strange sense of curiosity had always driven him to explore the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/cornelia-funke/when-it-came-to-hiding-even-gwin-had-nothing-to-teach-dustfinger-a/)

[Cornelia Funke](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/cornelia-funke/)

> [Because fear kills everything," Mo had once told her. "Your mind, your heart, your imagination.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/cornelia-funke/because-fear-kills-everything-mo-had-once-told-her-your-mind-your/)

[Cornelia Funke](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/cornelia-funke/)

> [Perhaps there's another, much larger story behind the printed one, a story that changes just as our own world does. And the letters on…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/cornelia-funke/perhaps-there-s-another-much-larger-story-behind-the-printed-one-a/)

[Cornelia Funke](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/cornelia-funke/)

> [Mo could paint pictures in the empty air with his voice alone.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/cornelia-funke/mo-could-paint-pictures-in-the-empty-air-with-his-voice-alone/)

[Cornelia Funke](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/cornelia-funke/)

> [I remember the feeling. Whenever my father got so absorbed in a book that we might have been in visible I felt like taking…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/cornelia-funke/i-remember-the-feeling-whenever-my-father-got-so-absorbed-in-a-book/)

[Cornelia Funke](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/cornelia-funke/)

> [I wish you luck,' she said, kissing him on the cheek. He still had the most beautiful eyes of any boy she'd ever seen.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/cornelia-funke/i-wish-you-luck-she-said-kissing-him-on-the-cheek-he-still-had-the/)

[Cornelia Funke](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/cornelia-funke/)

> [Because by now Elinor had understood this, too: A longing for books was nothing compared with what you could feel for human beings. The…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/cornelia-funke/because-by-now-elinor-had-understood-this-too-a-longing-for-books-was/)

[Cornelia Funke](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/cornelia-funke/)

> [The night breathed through the apartment like a dark animal. The ticking of a clock. The groan of a floorboard as he slipped out…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/cornelia-funke/the-night-breathed-through-the-apartment-like-a-dark-animal-the/)

[Cornelia Funke](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/cornelia-funke/)

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