The Night of Wishes Quotes

“[…] Evil appears quite different when seen from the point of view of eternity than when seen from within the kingdom of time. Up yonder one sees that it actually always serves Good in the long run. It is, so to speak, a contradiction in itself. It is constantly striving for power over Good, but without Good it could not exist – and if it ever achieved total power, it would have to destroy precisely that over which it desires to wield said power. That’s why it can last only as long as it is incomplete […]. If it were complete, it would cancel itself out. That’s why it has no place in eternity. Only Good is eternal, for it contains itself without contradiction.”
― Michael Ende, The Night of Wishes

“- Но, маестро - продължаваше да настоява Маурицио, - нали казват, че споделената радост е двойна радост?
Ирвитцер удари с юмрук по масата и се сопна:
- Научно е доказано, че частта от дадено нещо винаги е по-малка от цялото. Запомни, аз не деля с никого!”
― Michael Ende, The Night of Wishes

“Give up", groaned Mauricio, "or else you are a dead duck!"
"You give up first," coughed Jacob, "or else I'll snip your tail off!'
And then both let go at the same time and sat facing each other, all out of breath. With tears in his eyes the little cat tried to straighten out his tail, which no longer looked elegant in the least but had been bent into a zigzag, while the melancholy raven eyed the feathers scattered on the floor, feathers he couldn't really spare. But as is often the case after such bickering, both felt relatively peaceful and ready for reconciliation. Jacob thought he should not have been so rude to the small, fat tomcat, and Maurizio wondered if he might have done something wrong with the poor, unfortunate raven. "Forgive me, please," he mewed. "I'm sorry, too," rasped Jacob.”
― Michael Ende, The Night of Wishes

“Спи ми сладък сън, детенце мило!
татко ти е граф и черен прилеп.
Цяла нощ с човешка кръв се храни,
вкъщи се прибира сутрин рано.
Спи ми сладък сън, детенце мило!

Пий ми сладко ти, детенце мило!
Зъбките растат - набирай сили,
някой ден да станеш като татко,
кръв да си попийваш сладко-сладко!
Пий ми сладко ти, детенце мило!”
― Michael Ende, The Night of Wishes

“Magic—be it good or bad—is no simple matter. Most amateurs think that all you have to do is murmur some secret hocus-pocus—at the very most it might be necessary to wave around a magic wand like a conductor-and presto, the metamorphosis or conjuring is achieved.
But that's not all there is to it. In reality, every kind of magic is incredibly complicated; one needs an enormous amount of knowledge, masses of paraphernalia, material that is, for the most part, very hard to obtain, as well as days, and sometimes months, of preparation.
Plus the fact that it is always an extremely dangerous business, for even the slightest mistake can have a totally unforeseeable effect.”
― Michael Ende, The Night of Wishes

“Зав'язалася люта бійка, якій позаздрили б навіть найзапекліші футбольні вболівальники!


9.30”
― Міхаель Енде, The Night of Wishes

“Од роздумів самі неприємності. Нічого крім неприємностей

21.20. Якоб Кракель”
― Міхаель Енде, The Night of Wishes

“Отямившись, ворон і котик подумали були, що досі бачать дивний сон. Крижаний вітер ущух, і зразу стало дуже тепло, а довкола запала лунка тиша. На небі миготіли зірки, і сволоки, на яких висіли дзвони, світилися дивовижним золотавим сяйвом


9:45”
― Міхаель Енде, The Night of Wishes

“Од роздумів самі неприємності. Нічого крім неприємностей

21.20. Якоб Кракель

Диявольськогеніальноалкогольний пунш бажань”
― Міхаель Енде, The Night of Wishes