"I am convinced that the reason why my kids have become very fulfilled and achieving human beings is because I wasn't raising them alone."

“When you open a book it's like going to the theater first you see the curtain then it is pulled aside and the show begins.”

Source : Cornelia Funke (2011). “Inkheart”, p.60, Scholastic Inc.

“we have so much to say, and we shall never say it.”

Source : Erich Maria Remarque (2000). “All quiet on the western front and related readings”

“Preserving health by too severe a rule is a worrisome malady.”

“Tech stocks are trading at a 30-year-low when compared to the multiples of industrials (companies). Its the weirdest bubble when everyone hates everything.”

“Having someone you love say "Thank you" is more rewarding than just having them say "I love you.”

“Biography lends to death a new terror.”

“There are so many highly esteemed ones who became miserable and humiliated just because of their bad temper and morals; and humble people who have attained eminence and the highest honors because of good temper and morals.”

“I was worried people would laugh at me when I started to talk the language, but they were just pleasantly surprised that I could. The sense of humour here is great - once I could have a giggle, I settled down.”

Source : "She shoots, she scores". Interview with Neil Spencer, www.theguardian.com. August 24, 2003.