Cornelia Funke Quotes

Words are the only things that last forever.

Words, once they are printed, have a life of their own.

There have been many men who left behind them that which hundreds of years have not worn out. The earth has Socrates and Plato to this day. The world is richer yet by Moses and the old prophets than by the wisest statesmen. We are indebted to the past. We stand in the greatness of ages that are gone rather than in that of our own. But of how many of us shall it be said that, being dead, we yet speak?

I don't want to achieve immortality by being inducted into the Hall of Fame. I want to achieve immortality by not dying.

A part of me has become immortal, out of my control.

Death can never kill an idea. Ideas are more powerful than death. Ideas outlive men and can never be destroyed.

If something comes to life in others because of you, then you have made an approach to immortality.

I love the power of words - no music or special effects - and I want to demonstrate that power.

Your next SMS will probably be around longer, and remain more legible, than your tombstone. For, unlike your tombstone or even your mortal coil, your texts may be worth something.

Dead people don't really die. They live on within you.

I don't believe in the power of words.

Let it endure forever

The king never dies. Rex nunquam moritur.

We will be known forever by the tracks we leave.

If you want to be immortal, do something useful in your lifetime.

Lies here food for the worms yet the work shall not be lost.

It is not necessary to live. But to leave our names beyond that point. That is necessary.

Words are also actions, and actions are a kind of words.

It's not lost on me that everyone dies, but some people have a kind of immortality about them, and you can't imagine that they will ever be gone.

Words have a longevity that I do not have.

How many other people get a chance to be remembered forever? And that's what I really want. I want to be remembered forever.

We build our legacy piece by piece, and maybe the whole world will remember you or maybe just a couple of people, but you do what you can to make sure you're still around after you're gone.

Every moment is, in some ways, eternal. Once you put something into the world, it stays there.

If we're going to go really deep, we're all trying to live forever. My music is my way of doing that.

Words are powerful.