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title: "6 Like Flypaper Quotes by 4 authors"
description: "Browse 6 Like Flypaper quotes by 4 authors. Discover the best Like Flypaper sayings and thoughts."
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> [“an odd thing happens: The book begins collecting your memories. And forever after you have only to open that book to be…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/cornelia-funke/an-odd-thing-happens-the-book-begins-collecting-your-memories-and/)

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

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/998/cornelia-funke-908_book_an-odd-thing-happens-the-book-begins-col_1074690.png)

> [If you take a book with you on a journey," Mo had said when he put the first one in her box,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/cornelia-funke/if-you-take-a-book-with-you-on-a-journey-mo-had-said-when-he-put-the/)

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

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/86d/cornelia-funke-908_book_if-you-take-a-book-with-you-on-a-journey_1189678.jpg)

> [Books are like flypaper, memories cling to the printed pages better than anything else.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/cornelia-funke/books-are-like-flypaper-memories-cling-to-the-printed-pages-better/)

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

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f17/cornelia-funke-908_book_books-are-like-flypaper-memories-cling-t_1198336.png)

> [“I'm like flypaper for the soul.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rachel-vincent/i-m-like-flypaper-for-the-soul/)

[Rachel Vincent](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rachel-vincent/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c82/rachel-vincent-677_like_i-m-like-flypaper-for-the-soul-2132811_2132811.png)

> [“And then my grandfather explained -in his language- that utopias are not for mortals. And that people are like flies, that the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-grossman/and-then-my-grandfather-explained-in-his-language-that-utopias-are/)

[David Grossman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-grossman/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c95/david-grossman-9948_death_and-then-my-grandfather-explained-in-his_2269226.jpg)

> [“The very best people are like that. They don’t entangle you like flypaper.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alan-bradley/the-very-best-people-are-like-that-they-don-t-entangle-you-like/)

[Alan Bradley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alan-bradley/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/948/alan-bradley-1571_humor_the-very-best-people-are-like-that-they_2870223.png)

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