Cornelia Funke
Cornelia Funke is a renowned German author, celebrated for her enchanting fantasy novels for children and young adults. Born in 1958, she gained international acclaim with the "Inkheart" trilogy and "The Thief Lord." Prior to writing, Funke was a social worker and illustrator, experiences that deeply influence her storytelling. Her imaginative worlds captivate readers with rich narratives and vivid characters, solidifying her place as a beloved figure in contemporary literature.
Book summaries for books written by Cornelia Funke
Quotes
Books have to be heavy because the whole world's inside them.
Words are like eggs dropped from great heights; you can no more call them back than ignore the mess they leave when they fall.
The best kind of thief is not the one who hides things away. He is the one who steals them back.
If you take a book with you on a journey, an odd thing happens: The book begins collecting your memories. And forever after you have only to open that book to be back where you first read it.
Sometimes one has to do things one doesn't want to, in order to save oneself from something worse.
A story is alive, as you and I are. It is rounded by muscle and sinew. Rushed with blood. Layered with skin, both rough and smooth.
A voice is such a deep, personal thing, the marker of our individuality, perhaps more so even than our faces.
A book read by a thousand different people is a thousand different books.
When you read a book, you're not looking at words on a page; you're looking at an entire world.
There are many ways to die, but only one way to live: with passion.
Just because a story has an ending doesn't mean it's finished.
Perhaps there is no real destination in this world. Maybe a journey is all there is.