Cornelia Funke Quotes

Schools and libraries are the twin cornerstones of a civilized society. Libraries are only good if people use them, like books only exist when someone reads them.

I am what libraries and librarians have made me, with little assistance from a professor of Greek and poets.

One of the most constant and sustaining truths of my life has been this: I love the library.

Libraries are where it all begins.

May books spread the world over!

The more one reads, the more one sees that one has to read.

With a library you are free, not confined by temporary political climates. It is the most democratic of institutions because no one — but no one at all — can tell you what to read and when and how.

The health of our civilization, the depth of our awareness about the underpinnings of our culture, and our concern for the future can be tested by how well we support out libraries.

Libraries are the backbone of our education system.

I love libraries, as anyone who has a brain does.

Had I the power, I would scatter libraries over the whole land as the sower sows his wheatfield.

The man who does not read good books has no advantage over the man who cannot read them.

I must say I find television very educational. The minute somebody turns it on, I go to the library and read a good book.

A library is thought in cold storage.

I still believe that sitting down and reading a book is the best way to really learn something.

Books! I dunno if I ever told you this, but books are the greatest gift one person can give another.

All the women in my life have been librarians, English teachers and book sellers.

A library implies an act of faith.

I'm not a library.

Libraries are the ultimate restaurants for brain food. I sleep better knowing there are libraries. I would take a bullet for a librarian.

I think that books are fundamentally educational.

To love to read is to exchange hours of ennui for hours of delight.

A library is not a luxury but one of the necessities of life.

Reading is important.

Libraries allow children to ask questions about the world and find the answers. And the wonderful thing is that once a child learns to use a library, the doors to learning are always open.