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Writing is a desperate attempt to extract some dignity – and a modicum of money – from solitude.

— Walter Moers The City of Dreaming Books (2004)

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There is no such thing as a moral or an immoral book. Books are well written or badly written, that’s all.

The City of Dreaming Books (2004)

It symbolizes the three components of power: power, power and power.

The City of Dreaming Books (2004)

‘A daring enterprise undertaken in a spirit of curiosity or temerity, it is potentially life-threatening, harbours unforeseeable dangers and sometimes proves fatal.’

The City of Dreaming Books (2004)

Reading is an intelligent way of not having to think.

The City of Dreaming Books (2004)

“Regenschein is dead, my friend. You’re delirious.”
“No one who writes a good book is really dead.”

The City of Dreaming Books (2004)

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Three sleepless nights I passed in sounding on,
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