#pinocchio

At such a loving invitation, Pinocchio, with one leap from the back of the orchestra, found himself in the front rows. With another leap, he was on the orchestra leader's head. With a third, he landed on the stage. ↗

— Carlo Collodi

#back #found #front #head #himself

Believe it or not, my introduction to scary literature was 'Pinocchio.' My mother read it to me every day before naptime when I was three or four. The original 'Pinocchio' is terrifying. ↗

— R. L. Stine

#believe #day #every #every day #four

Today at school I will learn to read at once; then tomorrow I will begin to write, and the day after tomorrow to cipher. Then with my acquirements I will earn a great deal of money, and with the first money I have in my pocket I will immediately buy for my papa a beautiful new cloth coat. But what am I saying? Cloth, indeed! It shall be all made of gold and silver, and it shall have diamond buttons. That poor man really deserves it; for to buy me books and to have me taught he has remained in his shirt sleeves... And in this cold! It is only fathers who are capable of such sacrifices!... ↗

— Carlo Collodi

#father-and-son #fidelity #learning #love #pinocchio

Fancy the happiness of Pinocchio on finding himself free! Without saying yes or no, he fled from the city and set out on the road that was to take him back to the house of the lovely Fairy. ↗

— Carlo Collodi

#city #fairy #fancy #finding #fled

A thousand woodpeckers flew in through the window and settled themselves on Pinocchio's nose. ↗

— Carlo Collodi

#nose #pinocchio #settled #themselves #thousand

Pinocchio, spurred on by the hope of finding his father and of being in time to save him, swam all night long. ↗

— Carlo Collodi

#being #father #finding #him #his

I love all the old classic Disney movies. 'Pinocchio.' There are obviously tons of them that anybody growing up on that stuff takes with them their whole lives, and I'm an admirer of a lot of classic animation and fairy tales. I grew up on a book of Grimm's fairy tales that I kind of wore out again and again. That's all stuff that lingers with you. ↗

— Gary Ross

#again #animation #anybody #book #classic