Quotes from Michael Ende

There were thousands and thousands of forms of joy in the world, but that all were essentially one and the same, namely, the joy of being able to love.

Those who still think that listening isn't an art should see if they can do it half as well.

Only the right name gives beings and things their reality. A wrong name makes everything unreal. That's what lies do.

Time is life itself, and life resides in the human heart.

Wishes cannot be summoned up or kept away at will. They come from deeper within us than good or bad intentions. And they spring up unannounced.

Without a past you can't have a future.

Calendars and clocks exist to measure time, but that signifies little because we all know that an hour can seem as eternity or pass in a flash, according to how we spend it.

A story can be new and yet tell about olden times. The past comes into existence with the story.

Human passions have mysterious ways, in children as well as grown-ups. Those affected by them can't explain them, and those who haven't known them have no understanding of them at all.

What I've started I must finish. I've gone too far to turn back. Regardless of what may happen, I have to go forward.