The best Quotes from Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio

The one thing that makes human life precious and meaningful, you see, is how brief it is.

But little did I know that death was not the end.

Life can bring great suffering. And eternal life can bring eternal suffering.

Pinocchio: "And you loved him very much?"
Gepetto: "I did. I do."

People are sometimes afraid of things they don't know.

Life is such a wonderful gift!

The wooden boy with the borrowed soul. While you may have eternal life, your loved ones, they do not. Every moment shared with them may be the very last.

Sometimes, fathers feel despair like everybody else. And they say things, they only think they mean in the moment. But with time, they learn that they never really meant it at all.

I want to tell you a story. It's a story you may think you know, but... you don't. Not really.

"He's just a puppet!"
"No, I'm not! I'm a real boy!"

You may have no strings, but I control you!

A conscience is that still small voice that people won't listen to.

A lie keeps growing and growing until it's as plain as the nose on your face.

If your heart is in your dream, no request is too extreme.

The world is full of temptations.

The merry laughter of little innocent children wending their way to school. Thirsty little minds rushing to the fountain of knowledge.

Star light, star bright, first star I see tonight.
I wish I may, I wish I might.
Have the wish I make tonight.
I wished that my little Pinocchio might be a real boy.

Little puppet made of pine, awake. The gift of life is thine.

Blue Fairy: "I've given you life."
Pinocchio: "Why?"
Blue Fairy: "Because tonight, Geppetto wished for a real boy."

Little wooden head go play your part
Bring a little joy to every heart
Little do you know and yet it's true
That I'm mighty proud of you

Now, remember, Pinocchio: be a good boy. And always let your conscience be your guide.

It is unnatural to deny effort, adversity, and pain.

Monsters are the patron saints of imperfection.

I think when we wake up in the morning, we can choose between fear and love. Every morning. And every morning, if you choose one, that doesn't define you until the end... The way you end your story is important. It's important that we choose love over fear, because love is the answer.

For me, real life is hard work. Making movies is like a vacation for my soul.

There is beauty and humility in imperfection.

I don't think that Argentinian cinema is well-known outside Argentina the way it should be.

Unable are the loved to die, for love is immortality.

History is earned. You win the day, and then you win the day after, and you do the same thing every day until you're dead. And you're remembered not for the winning, but because you never lost.

Sometimes you must hurt in order to know, fall in order to grow, lose in order to gain. Because life's greatest lessons are learned through pain.

A truly rich man is one whose children run into his arms, when his hands are empty.

Even in the darkness, diamonds still shine.

Why would anyone want to be a pirate? It's the best thing there is. Wind in your back. The salty sea air. Loyal crew by your side.

What if everything that came from the past were influenced by the future?

It takes much more courage to be in love than it does for war.

Don't exploit an advantage just because it emerges; wait until the optimal moment, then strike.

Ats Ayittey: "Excuse me but this is the quiet carriage."
Stefan Tovell: "Shut the f*ck up then."

"Hey. Do you like bad boys?"
"Sure do. Let me know if you find one."

Marcus: "My bike. It's gone. She took it."
Max: "So that's like Grand Theft Auto. Or Grand Theft Bike."

Aimee: "Did you know you need, like, sugar and flour and an oven to bake? And you don't shove it all in, you have to follow alle these rules."
Maeve: "Yeah, it's called a recipe."

I think love should come out of nowhere, sweep you up completely.

The people's rage. It is like an illness, an ulcer. And ulcers must be cauterized.

People say Hawkins is cursed. They're not way off.

Weems: "No doubt you'll find something that tickles your fancy."
Wednesday: "The last person who tickled me lost a finger."

Your cells age at half the rate of a normal human. When you're 40, you'll still have the leucocytes of a teenager.