Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio Quotes

You know, all fathers love their sons, but sometimes fathers feel despair, like everyone else. And they say things they only think they mean in the moment. But with time, they learn they never really meant it at all. And they may even call you ugly things like a burden or a coward, but inside… they love you.[to Candlewick]

When one life is lost, another must grow.

Life can bring great suffering. And eternal life can bring eternal suffering.[to Pinocchio]

You must try your best, and that’s the best anybody can do.[to Pinocchio]

While you may have eternal life, your friends, your loved ones, they do not. Every moment shared with them may be the very last. You never know how long you have with someone until they’re gone.[to Pinocchio]

We all have to obey the law whether we like it or not.[to Pinocchio]

Lies are found out immediately because they are like long noses, visible to all but the teller of the lie.[to Carlo]

It’s something painful you must carry even though it hurts you very much.[Pinocchio: What’s a burden?]

All good things require patience.

His nose didn’t grow.[Pinocchio]What’s that?[Jiminy Cricket]When he called me a burden, his nose didn’t grow. That’s how he really feels. I don’t want to be a burden. I don’t want to hurt Papa and make him want to yell at me like that.[Pinocchio]

The one thing that makes human life precious and meaningful is how brief it is.[to Pinocchio]

Rules are rules, and if we break them, there are dire consequences.[to Pinocchio]