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> [“How well worn they all were..."Isn't it odd how much fatter a book gets when you've read it several times?" Mo had said when, on Meggie's last birthday, they were looking at all her dear old books again. "As if…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/cornelia-funke/how-well-worn-they-all-were-isn-t-it-odd-how-much-fatter-a-book-gets/)

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

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> [Isn't it odd how much fatter a book gets when you've read it several times?" Mo had said..."As if something were left between the pages every time you read it. Feelings, thoughts, sounds, smells...and then, when you look at the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/cornelia-funke/isn-t-it-odd-how-much-fatter-a-book-gets-when-you-ve-read-it-several-2/)

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

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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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