"People always covet what they themselves do not…" — Walter Moers
"People always covet what they themselves do not possess."
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23 Quotes by Walter Moers
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- The written word is redundant on the high seas. Why? Because paper gets wet too easily.
- From the stars we come, to the stars we go. Life is but a journey into the unknown.
- For some miracles can only occur in the dark.
- Wine is drinkable sunlight. It's the most glorious summer's day imaginable, captured in a bottle.
- Sometimes, in the course of my hopeless quest, I would pick up and dip into one of the ordinary books…
- Wednesdays were the best thing about Atlantis. The middle of the week was a traditional holiday there. Everyone stopped work…
- Im as good as dead, but they haven't buried me yet.
- never trust a Troglotroll
- Stealing from one author is plagiarism; from many authors, research.
- Someone with an obsession for arranging things in alphabetical order was an abcedist, whereas someone with an obsession for arranging…
- Ordinary folk prefer familiar tastes - they'd sooner eat the same things all the time - but a gourmet would…
- Reading is an intelligent way of not having to think.
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