Every reader knows about the feeling that characters in books seem more real than real people.
Cornelia Funke
Down there the nights are bright and nobody believes in the Devil.
believe bright devil night
When it came to hiding, even Gwin had nothing to teach Dustfinger. A strange sense of curiosity had always driven him to explore the hidden, forgotten corners of this and any other place, and all that knowledge had now come in useful.
character personality skills abilities
That bloody bastard! That thrice accursed son of a bitch!
comedy curses betrayal
The night belongs to beasts of prey, and always has. It's easy to forget that when you're indoors, protected by light and solid walls.
light darkness
She wanted to return to her dream. Perhaps it was still somewhere there behind her closed eyelids. Perhaps a little of its happiness still clung like gold dust to her lashes. Don't dreams in fairy tales sometimes leave a token behind?
sleep dreams inspirational fairy-tales dream dreaming lovely sleeping
If you keep pretending you're in that book, it will make you not want to live in the life you're in.
fantasy
So it's happened, I kept thinking, you're in the middle of a story exactly as you've always wanted, and it's horrible. Fear tastes quite different when you're not just reading about it, Meggie, and playing hero wasn't half as much fun as I'd expected.
fear story hero
Nothing is more terrifying than fearlessness.
fear fearlessness
I'm perfectly happy to know the world at secondhand. It's a lot safer.
happy
Meggie Folchart: Having writer's block? Maybe I can help. Fenoglio: Oh yes, that's right. You want to be a writer, don't you?Meggie Folchart: You say that as if it's a bad thing. Fenoglio: Oh no, it's just a lonely thing. Sometimes the world you create on the page seems more friendly and alive than the world you actually live in.
writing-life writers-block
For him that stealeth, or borroweth and returneth not, this book from its owner, let it change into a serpent in his hand and rend him. Let him be struck with palsy, and all his members blasted. Let him languish in pain, crying aloud for mercy, and let there be no surcease to this agony till he sing in dissolution. Let bookworms gnaw his entrails in token of the worm that dieth not, and when at last he goeth to his last punishment, let the flames of hell consume him for ever., from the monastery of San Pedro, Barcelona, Spain
library curse malediction
The sea always filled her with longing, though for what she was never sure.
longing sea
Da dove devo cominciare? Intanto, va chiarita subito una cosa fondamentale: un romanziere non scrive mai tutto quello che sa sui suoi personaggi. I lettori non devono venire a sapere tutto. Alcuni aspetti è meglio che restino un segreto fra lo scrittore e le sue creature.
writing storytelling
- Voglio dire che io fiuto le belle storie a chilometri di distanza. Quindi non tenti di nascondermene una. Sputi fuori, forza, e in cambio si guadagna una fetta di questo fantastico dolce con i buchi - soggiunse in tono scherzoso.
people character
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