Quotes by Michael Ende

Atreyu was fighting not for himself, but for his friend, whom he was trying to save by defeating him.

What you dont wish for will always be beyond your reach.

Maybe all the people who say ghosts dont exist are just afraid to admit that they do.

With them the individual counted for nothing. No one was irreplaceable, because they drew no distinction between one man and another... In this community there was harmony, but no love.

Todo o reino de Fantasia assenta-se sobre alicerces de sonhos esquecidos. A História Sem Fim(The whole kingdom of Fantasy sits upon foundations of forgotten dreams - Endless Story).

The Glory was entrusted to you, you werent given permission to pass it on as you see fit.

No architect troubled to design houses that suited people who were to live in them, because that would have meant building a whole range of different houses. It was far cheaper and, above all, timesaving to make them identical.

When it comes to controlling human beings, there is no better instrument than lies. Because you see, humans live by beliefs. And beliefs can be manipulated. The power to manipulate beliefs is the only thing that counts.

“People never seemed to notice that, by saving time, they were losing something else. No one cared to admit that life was becoming ever poorer, bleaker and more monotonous. The ones who felt this most keenly were the children, because no one had time for them any more. But time is life itself, and life resides in the human heart. And the more people saved, the less they had.”

“En el transcurso del mundo, existen momentos especiales, en los que sucede que todas las cosas y seres, hasta las más altas estrellas, se ponen de acuerdo de una manera singular, de modo que puede suceder algo de que ningún modo habría podido ocurrir ni antes ni después.”

“Man kann davon überzeugt sein, sich etwas zu wünschen - vielleicht jahrelang - solang man weiß, dass der Wunsch unerfüllbar ist. Steht man aber plötzlich vor der Möglichkeit, dass der Wunschtraum Wirklichkeit wird, dann wünscht man sich nur noch eins: Man hätte es sich nie gewünscht.”