“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.”

“Take my handandfeel the sandbeneath your aimless feettowards the sparkling waves”

“What's in a life without Camaraderie? For setting sail on a ship with a band of merry brothers by your side is much more gratifying than drifting aimlessly on a boat lost alone at sea.”

“Everyone has their own boat, it's a matter of pulling it out of the sand, and putting it in the water. But further, you can anchor the boat in fear when the storms rage, and go nowhere, let it drif...”

“But in that moment I understood what they say about nostalgia, that no matter if you're thinking of something good or bad, it always leaves you a little emptier afterward.”

“The music has teased and tickled me in an empty space that the most vacuous.”

“My life is never empty because my heart is always full.”