Wisdom Quote by Cornelia Funke — Inspiring Words on Life, Love & Wisdom

“Women were different, no doubt about it. Men broke so much more quickly. Grief didn't break women. Instead it wore them down, it hollowed them out very slowly.”

“Killing is easy," said Mo, "Dying is harder...”

“Elinor had read countless stories in which the main characters fell sick at some point because they were so unhappy. She had always thought that a very romantic idea, but she’d dismissed it as a pure invention of the world of books. All those wilting heroes and heroines who suddenly gave up the ghost just because of unrequited love or longing for something they’d lost! Elinor had always enjoyed their sufferings—as a reader will. After all, that was what you wanted from books: great emotions you’d never felt yourself, pain you could leave behind by closing the book if it got too bad. Death and destruction felt deliciously real conjured up with the right words, and you could leave them behind between the pages as you pleased, at no cost or risk to yourself.”

“So what? All writers are lunatics!”

“A desire not to butt into other people's business is at least eighty percent of all human wisdom.”

“Thieves and liars kill indirectly, unintentionally, and with no other weapon than their tongues and malice.”

“Check Your Heart”

“Most people know nothing about learning; many despise it. Dummies reject as too hard whatever is not dumb.”

“One must not make too much of anything in life, good or bad.”

“The wisest are the most annoyed at the loss of time.”