Quotes by Michael Ende

“What he had hoped for was his ruin and what he had feared his salvation.”

“It's asking us our names," Falkor reported."I'm Atreyu!" Atreyu cried."I'm Falkor!" cried Falkor.The boy without a name was silent.Atreyu looked at him, then took him by the hand and cried: "He's B...”

“He's a good old sort. If only he weren't plumb crazy!”

“Man kann davon berzeugt sein, sich etwas zu wnschen - vielleicht jahrelang - solang man wei, dass der Wunsch unerfllbar ist. Steht man aber pltzlich vor der Mglichkeit, dass der Wunschtraum Wirklic...”

“There are many kinds of joy, but they all lead to one: the joy to be loved.”

“You must let what happens happen. Everything must be equal in your eyes, good and evil, beautiful and ugly, foolish and wise.”

“He had never been willing to believe that life had to be as gray and dull as people claimed. He heard them saying: Life is like that, but he couldnt agree. He never stopped believing in mysteries a...”

“There are people who can never go to Fantastica," said Mr. Coreander, "and others who can, but who stay there forever. And there are just a few who fo to fantastica and come back. Like you. And the...”

“What do you suppose it means?'[Bastian] asked. ""DO WHAT YOU WISH.'" That must mean I can do anything I feel like. Don't you think so? All at once Grograman's face looked alarmingly grave, and his ...”

“The human world is full of weak-minded people, who think they're as clever as can be and are convinced that it's terribly important to persuade even the children that Fanstastica doesn't exist.”

“One may enter the literary parlor via just about any door, be it the prison door, the madhouse door, or the brothel door. There is but one door one may not enter it through, which is the child room...”

“It was a wonderful feeling, a sense of release and boundless freedom that he had never known before. He was beyond the reach of all the things that had weighed him down and hemmed him in.”

“When it comes to controlling human beings there is no better instrument than lies. Because, you see, humans live by beliefs. And beliefs can be manipulated. The power to manipulate beliefs is the o...”

“When you know as much as we do, nothing matters. Things just repeat. Day and night, summer and winter. The world is empty and aimless. Everything circles around. Whatever starts up must pass away,w...”

“He was handsome and strong, but somehow that wasn't enough for him. He also felt the need to be tough and inured to hardship... But how was he to come by that quality in this luminous garden, where...”

“Nothing is lost. . .Everything is transformed.”

“... Up until then he had always wanted to be someone other than he was, but he didn't want to change.”

“Nothing can change for them, because they themselves can't change anymore.”

“If you read a lot, you will know a lot.”

“Momo would have been delighted, except that most of the newcomers had no idea how to play. All they did was sit around looking bored and sullen and watching Momo and her friends. Sometimes they del...”