"Desperate? So what? I'm desperate, too!" Fenoglio snapped……" — Cornelia Funke
"Desperate? So what? I'm desperate, too!" Fenoglio snapped at her. "My story is foundering in misfortune, and these hands here," he said holding them out to her, "don't want to write anymore! I'm afraid of words Meggie! 'Once they were like honey, now they're poison, pure poison! But what is a writer who doesn't love words anymore? What have I come to? This story is devouring me, crushing me, and I'm it's creator!"
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Cornelia Funke
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172 Quotes by Cornelia Funke
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I always wanted to ride a dragon myself, so I decided to do this for a year in my imagination.
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I wish I had more time to visit schools.
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