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Cornelia Funke, born on December 10, 1958, is a renowned German children's literature author. Her works are highly praised for their rich imagination, unique narrative style, and profound humanistic concerns. Funke's writing covers a variety of themes including fantasy, adventure, and growth, and has won the hearts of readers worldwide.

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“Children know at once when something’s wrong. They are used to having to guess what grown-ups don’t tell them.”

Children Kids Perception Perceptive

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Source: Inkdeath

“If anyone would ever bring back the words, he supposed it would be the children.”

Children Words Story

Book:Inkdeath

Source: Inkdeath

“Perché gli adulti credevano che i bambini sopportassero meglio i misteri che la verità? Non sapevano quali storie terribili ci si andava a inventare, alle volte, per tentare di capire ciò che i grandi nascondevano?”

Children Thruth Ink Heart

Author:Cornelia Funke

“Second, there are so many magical places in books that you cant go to, like Hogwarts and Middle Earth, so I wanted to set a story in a place where children can actually go.”

Children Book Stories Wanted Earth Middle Cant Middle Earth Hogwarts Magical Places

Author:Cornelia Funke

“Children, they're the same everywhere. Greedy little creatures but the best listeners in the world - any world. The very best of all.”

World Children Littles Creatures Listeners Greedy

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Source: Inkspell

“My children were all made from paper and printer's ink.”

Children Made Paper My Children Ink Printer

Author:Cornelia Funke

“She read and read and read, but she was stuffing herself with the letters on the page like an unhappy child stuffing itself with chocolate. They didn’t taste bad, but she was still unhappy.”

Children Stills Taste Pages Letters Unhappy Chocolate

Book:Inkdeath

Source: Inkdeath

“All books are in safe hands with me. They're my children, my inky children, and I look after them well. I keep the sunlight away from their pages, I dust and protect them from hungry hookworms and grubby human fingers.”

Humans Wells Looks Children Book Hands Protect Safe Pages Fingers Hungry Dust My Children Sunlight

Author:Cornelia Funke

“Why do grown-ups think it's easier for children to bear secrets than the truth? Don't they know about the horror stories we imagine to explain the secrets?”

Thinking Knows Children Stories Secret Imagine Bears Easier Horror Horror Stories

Book:Inkheart

Source: Inkheart

“Are you really going to catch us and take us back to Esther? We don’t belong to her, you know.” Embarrassed, Victor stared at his shoes. “Well, children all have to belong to somebody,” he muttered. “Do you belong to someone?” “That’s different.” “Because you’re a grown-up?”

Knows Wells Children Different Shoes Embarrassed Esther

Author:Cornelia Funke

“Children are caterpillars and adults are butterflies. No butterfly ever remembers what it felt like being a caterpillar.”

Children Remember Felt Adults Butterfly Caterpillars

Book:The Thief Lord

Source: The Thief Lord

“Every German child learns to speak English in school.”

Children School Speak Speak English

Author:Cornelia Funke

“I just did a picture book called The Wildest Brother on Earth, and you will find both of my children in there.”

Children Book Earth Brother My Children Picture Books

Author:Cornelia Funke

“I love to read, I love to watch movies, and I love to be with my children.”

Children Watches My Children Love To Read Watch Movie

Author:Cornelia Funke

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Born: December 10, 1958
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Quotes: 276

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