The NeverEnding Story Quotes

Mr. Koreander: [Bastian enters Mr. Koreander's bookstore, where he takes refuge from the bullies] Get out of here! I don't like kids!
Mr. Koreander: [Bastian makes his way past the stacks of books, where he finds Mr. Koreander] Are you still here? Did you hear what I said, boy?
Bastian: [stammers nervously]
Mr.

Koreander: You're hiding, aren't you? The video arcade is down the street. Here, we just sell small, rectangular objects: they're called "books". They require a little effort on your part and make no bee-bee-bee-bee-beeps. On your way!

[extended German cut]
Atreyu: [suspiciously] Who are you really?
G'mork: I am the servant of the power behind the Nothing. I was sent to kill the only one who could've stopped the Nothing. I lost him in the Swamps of Sadness. His name... was Atreyu.
[a huge rumble occurs knocking Atreyu over, Atreyu gets up in shock]

G'mork: I have stalked him for so long. I am almost too weak to kill you... but I will find the strength.
[another rumble occurs and Atreyu falls back picking up a knife-shaped stone]
Atreyu: [furiously] Let me give you new strength, G'mork! If we're about to die anyway, I'd rather die fighting! Come for me, G'mork! I AM ATREYU!
[G'mork growls

then attacks Atreyu]

[extended German cut]
Atreyu: [shouts furiously] What will happen if he doesn't appear?
The Childlike Empress: [sadly] Then our world will disappear... and so will I
Atreyu: How could he let that happen?
The Childlike Empress: He doesn't understand that he's the one who has the power to stop it. He

simply can't imagine that one little boy could be that important.
Bastian: Is it really me? How could I make any difference?
Atreyu: Maybe he doesn't know what he has to do!
Bastian: WHAT DO I HAVE TO DO!
The Childlike Empress: He has to give me a new name.
Atreyu: [fearfully]

What if he doesn't come up with the right name!
The Childlike Empress: He's already chosen it. He just has to call it out.
Atreyu: [loses it] WHERE IS HE! WHY ISN'T HE HERE!
The Childlike Empress: He just doesn't have any confidence.
Bastian: But it's only a story! It's not real, it's only a story!

[the Nothing rumbles the room making Atreyu scream and die]
Bastian: ATREYU, NO!
The Childlike Empress: Atreyu!