Gen L > Gen's Quotes

“For him that stealeth, or borroweth and returneth not, this book from its owner, let it change into a serpent in his hand and rend him.
Let him be struck with palsy, and all his members blasted.
Let him languish in pain, crying aloud for mercy, and let there be no surcease to this agony till he sing in dissolution.
Let bookworms gnaw his entrails in token of the worm that dieth not, and when at last he goeth to his last punishment, let the flames of hell consume him for ever.

Curse on book thieves, from the monastery of San Pedro, Barcelona, Spain”
― Cornelia Funke, Inkheart

“Books are like flypaper, memories cling to the printed pages better than anything else.”
― Cornelia Funke, Inkheart

“Words are immortal - Elinor”
― Cornelia Funke, Inkheart

“As Mo had said: writing stories is a kind of magic, too.”
― Cornelia Funke, Inkheart

“Some books should be tasted,some devoured but only few should be chewed and digested thouroughly”
― Cornelia Funke, Inkheart

“Stories never really end...even if the books like to pretend they do. Stories always go on. They don't end on the last page, any more than they begin on the first page.”
― Cornelia Funke, Inkspell

“The written word is a powerful thing, you have to be careful with it. - Silvertongue”
― Cornelia Funke, Inkheart

“No woman really wants a man to carry her off; she only wants him to want to do it.”
― Elizabeth Peters

“Saying 'I notice you're a nerd' is like saying, 'Hey, I notice that you'd rather be intelligent than be stupid, that you'd rather be thoughtful than be vapid, that you believe that there are things that matter more than the arrest record of Lindsay Lohan. Why is that?' In fact, it seems to me that most contemporary insults are pretty lame. Even 'lame' is kind of lame. Saying 'You're lame' is like saying 'You walk with a limp.' Yeah, whatever, so does 50 Cent, and he's done all right for himself.”
― John Green

“pomegranates”
― Rocky Flintstone, Belinda Blinked 1

“Rachel Bloom "Oh Hi Rocky!”
― Rocky Flintstone, My Dad Wrote A Porno

“Sometimes you have to let your life get messy. That's how you get to the good parts”
― Molly Ostertag, The Girl from the Sea