--- title: "16 Pages Quotes By Cornelia Funke" description: "16 Pages quotes by Cornelia Funke. Plus more from Cornelia Funke and more Pages sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/95a/cornelia-funke-908_book_a-book-always-keeps-something-of-its-own_2885534.png" --- > [a book always keeps something of its owner between its pages.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/cornelia-funke/a-book-always-keeps-something-of-its-owner-between-its-pages/) [Cornelia Funke](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/cornelia-funke/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/95a/cornelia-funke-908_book_a-book-always-keeps-something-of-its-own_2885534.png) > [I prefer a story that has the good sense to stay on the page where it belongs. - Elinor](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/cornelia-funke/i-prefer-a-story-that-has-the-good-sense-to-stay-on-the-page-where-it/) [Cornelia Funke](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/cornelia-funke/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/403/cornelia-funke-908_pages_i-prefer-a-story-that-has-the-good-sense_2687603.png) > [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) > [Which of us has not felt that the character we are reading in the printed page is more real than the person…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/cornelia-funke/which-of-us-has-not-felt-that-the-character-we-are-reading-in-the/) [Cornelia Funke](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/cornelia-funke/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/315/cornelia-funke-908_character_which-of-us-has-not-felt-that-the-charac_1929720.png) > [What was a slap for ten pages of escapism, ten pages far from everything that made him unhappy, ten pages of real…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/cornelia-funke/what-was-a-slap-for-ten-pages-of-escapism-ten-pages-far-from/) [Cornelia Funke](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/cornelia-funke/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f4d/cornelia-funke-908_escapism_what-was-a-slap-for-ten-pages-of-escapis_2371620.png) > [This book taught me, once and for all, how easily you can escape this world with the help of words! You can…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/cornelia-funke/this-book-taught-me-once-and-for-all-how-easily-you-can-escape-this/) [Cornelia Funke](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/cornelia-funke/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2e4/cornelia-funke-908_book_this-book-taught-me-once-and-for-all-how_177119.png) > [She read and read and read, but she was stuffing herself with the letters on the page like an unhappy child stuffing…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/cornelia-funke/she-read-and-read-and-read-but-she-was-stuffing-herself-with-the/) [Cornelia Funke](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/cornelia-funke/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/89a/cornelia-funke-908_books_she-read-and-read-and-read-but-she-was-s_2901669.png) > [Stories never really end...even if the books like to pretend they do. Stories always go on. They don't end on the last…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/cornelia-funke/stories-never-really-end-even-if-the-books-like-to-pretend-they-do/) [Cornelia Funke](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/cornelia-funke/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f83/cornelia-funke-908_book_stories-never-really-end-even-if-the-boo_3120424.png) > [The book she had been reading was under her pillow, pressing its cover against her ear as if to lure her back…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/cornelia-funke/the-book-she-had-been-reading-was-under-her-pillow-pressing-its-cover/) [Cornelia Funke](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/cornelia-funke/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0fa/cornelia-funke-908_book_the-book-she-had-been-reading-was-under_1384816.png) > [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…](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/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6b9/cornelia-funke-908_book_isn-t-it-odd-how-much-fatter-a-book-gets_1258631.jpg) > [The books in Mo and Meggie's house were stacked under tables, on chairs, in the corners of the rooms. There where books…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/cornelia-funke/the-books-in-mo-and-meggie-s-house-were-stacked-under-tables-on/) [Cornelia Funke](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/cornelia-funke/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/892/cornelia-funke-908_book_the-books-in-mo-and-meggie-s-house-were_404966.png) > [I pledge to set out to live a thousand lives between printed pages. I pledge to use books as doors to other…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/cornelia-funke/i-pledge-to-set-out-to-live-a-thousand-lives-between-printed-pages-i/) [Cornelia Funke](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/cornelia-funke/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1b3/cornelia-funke-908_animal_i-pledge-to-set-out-to-live-a-thousand-l_515507.jpg) > [Perhaps there's another, much larger story behind the printed one, a story that changes just as our own world does. And the…](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/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4a9/cornelia-funke-908_behinds_perhaps-there-s-another-much-larger-stor_86875.png) > [Is there anything in the world better than words on the page? Magic signs, the voices of the dead, building blocks to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/cornelia-funke/is-there-anything-in-the-world-better-than-words-on-the-page-magic/) [Cornelia Funke](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/cornelia-funke/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ad3/cornelia-funke-908_block_is-there-anything-in-the-world-better-th_210582.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) > [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/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/eeb/cornelia-funke-908_bad-dream_so-mo-began-filling-the-silence-with-wor_342336.jpg) ## Other authors on Pages ## 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/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/pages/cornelia-funke/#itemlist", "name": "16 Pages Quotes By Cornelia Funke", "numberOfItems": 16, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "a book always keeps something of its owner between its pages.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Cornelia Funke" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/cornelia-funke/a-book-always-keeps-something-of-its-owner-between-its-pages/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/95a/cornelia-funke-908_book_a-book-always-keeps-something-of-its-own_2885534.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/95a/cornelia-funke-908_book_a-book-always-keeps-something-of-its-own_2885534.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/95a/cornelia-funke-908_book_a-book-always-keeps-something-of-its-own_2885534.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“a book always keeps something of its owner between its pages.” — Cornelia Funke", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I prefer a story that has the good sense to stay on the page where it belongs. - 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