“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...”

“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...”

“Knowing all the languages in the world could help you to really understand all the jokes you can hear... from my future Kids' Funny Business.”

“The thinnest thing in the world is the border between good and evil... my next The Opposite Of Magic.”

“No matter how strong you are, you cannot hold open the jaws of a great-white shark with your bare hands... that can do your brain.”

“When I was a little girl I used to read fairy tales. In fairy tales you meet Prince Charming and he's everything you ever wanted. In fairy tales the bad guy is very easy to spot. The bad guy is alw...”

“There is the great lesson of 'Beauty and the Beast,' that a thing must be loved before it is lovable.”

“...fairy tales, just a fancy word for lies...”

“Sibyl, what do you want?I want to live, the Sibyl said, and her voice rang rich and full. I want to keep on living forever and watching heroes and fools and knights go up and down, into the world a...”

“When God is driven to the periphery of the public square, the human spiritual capacity longs for exercise, and it often finds it in the suspension of disbelief and activity of the imagination that ...”

“When is a monster not a monster? Oh, when you love it.”