Cornelia Funke Quotes

And my father always took me to the library. We were both book addicts.

Cornelia Funke

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My husband taught me so much about being a father. No matter what any of our children do, my husband will always believe in them, love them and accept them.

Tasha Smith
- Believe
- Children
- Love
The books that help you most are those which make you think that most. The hardest way of learning is that of easy reading; but a great book that comes from a great thinker is a ship of thought, deep freighted with truth and beauty.

Pablo Neruda
- Great
- Book
- Truth
I was devastated when I got the review for my first book. The book came out a couple years before the women's movement broke through, and people were putting it down, asking, 'Why does the woman in this book need to get a divorce? Why can't she just shut up and be happy?'

Gail Sheehy
- People
- Up
- Women
On a personal level, there are many people who have meant a great deal to me. My father and mother were certainly of vital importance, not only in themselves but because they created a world for me to revolt against.

Ingmar Bergman
- People
- World
- Great
My parents were divorced and I would spend weekends with my father.

Laura Linney
- Father
- Parents
- Spend
I was raised in Harlem. I never found a book that took place in Harlem. I never had a church like mine in a book. I never had people like the people I knew. People who could not find their lives in books and celebrated felt bad about themselves. I needed to write to include the lives of these young people.

Walter Dean Myers
- People
- Book
- Bad