The Book Jumper Quotes

“It was full of whispered words, the lure of stories waiting to be read, a rustle of promise that hung in the air. How many adventures were hidden here in paper and ink, how many great love stories, how many epic battles?”
― Mechthild Gläser, The Book Jumper

“It was very difficult to recognize the monster for it was cunning and disguised itself well. Unless you looked at it closely, you might almost have taken it for a human being. Almost.”
― Mechthild Gläser, Die Buchspringer

“His lips tasted of words. Of hundreds, thousands, millions of words and the stories hidden inside them. And they tasted of salt, like the sea below us.”
― Mechthild Gläser, The Book Jumper

“Clotheswise I’d packed only what was strictly necessary. The way I saw it, it was better to take one less cardigan than have to do without one of my favorite books.”
― Mechthild Gläser, The Book Jumper

“However stupid it was, there was a sore spot in my soul, a tiny hole through which my self-esteem was trickling away.”
― Mechthild Gläser, The Book Jumper

“But now it seemed she preferred to fit in with everyone else than keep hanging out with me - the geek, the bookworm, the nerd.”
― Mechthild Gläser, The Book Jumper

“It was as if somebody had tipped a box full of puzzle pieces into his brain. Puzzle pieces made of blurred memories.”
― Mechthild Gläser, Die Buchspringer

“And everywhere you looked there were throngs of book characters, dressed in clothes from every era imaginable: a man in a toga surrounded by a gaggle of girls in dresses with enormous crinolines and ruffs, soldiers marching past them with laser guns, magicians in colorful hats, businesswomen in court shoes and trouser suits, orcs with grotesque misshapen faces. Fairies with dragonfly wings buzzed in and out of the crowd. A goose with a tiny boy riding on its back pecked at the instant happy endings, and was shooed away loudly by the fat lady.
Then I spotted a tomcat wearing a pair of riding boots and walking on its hind legs, and followed it through the crowd until it disappeared into a pub called the Inkpot. Not really fancying the "ink cocktail" being advertised on a board outside, I decided to keep walking.”
― Mechthild Gläser, The Book Jumper

“In the window of a chemist's shop was a sign advertising a cure for weak verbs, and a fat woman with a hawker's tray was shouting something about a miracle powder that could apparently be used to concoct a happy ending in a matter of minutes if you didn't happen to have one handy. On a market stall I spotted a tub of self-service periods and commas (there was a special offer on-- three quotation marks for the price of two). The shop next door had cloaks, swords, and wands on display. The sign above the door read Hero Outfitters -- from classical drama to science fiction epics. (We also cater to secondary characters).”
― Mechthild Gläser, The Book Jumper

“Sherlock Holmes had vanished without trace.”
― Mechthild Gläser, The Book Jumper