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Commonplace things can be fascinating.
— Tove Jansson
She counted out five sweets and put them on a saucer. Then she went and put them on the ledge in the cliff to cheer him up.
— Tove Jansson
Moominpappa: "Tell us all that's happening out in the world!"Snufkin: "Fuss and misery."
- from "Moomin and Family Life" comic strip — Tove Jansson
Is that they come up with so many ideas and then they manage to carry them out and believe so strongly in what they do.
— Tove Jansson
You can't depend on people who just let things happen
— Tove Jansson
Oh, Anna Aemelin, the only thing you care about is your own conscience. That's what you cherish. You're a charming little liar.
— Tove Jansson
My bag was as light as my happy-go-lucky heart.
— Tove Jansson
There was so much to talk about that nothing was said. It was warm sitting there on the steps. Everything seemed to be so right.
— Tove Jansson
Such things happen," said Too-ticky
— Tove Jansson
Those damn Moomins. I don't want to hear about them any more. I could vomit on the Moomintrolls.
— Tove Jansson
Someone who eats pancakes and jam can't be so awfully dangerous. You can talk to him.
— Tove Jansson
Nothing is as peaceful as when Christmas is over, when one has been forgiven for everything and can be normal again.
— Tove Jansson
Smell is important. It reminds a person of all the things he's been through; it is a sheath of memories and security.
— Tove Jansson
No one can depict desolation who hasn't inhabited desolation and observed it very closely. Things condemned have a terrible beauty.
— Tove Jansson
I need to write down my observations. Even the tiniest ones; they're the most important.
— Tove Jansson
It was a particularly good evening to begin a book.
— Tove Jansson
Tell them it's a secret. Tell them they don't need to know.
— Tove Jansson
Dogs are mute and obedient, but they have watched us and know us and can smell how pitiful we are.
— Tove Jansson
Sometimes it's better to look at things than own them ... owning means anxiety and lots of bags to carry around.
— Tove Jansson
Everyone must imagine his own snakes because no one else's snakes can ever be as awful.
— Tove Jansson
But he thought all the strange words were beautiful, and he had never had a book of his own before.
— Tove Jansson
I am fond of lovely old words like 'locomotive'.
— Tove Jansson
Even potted plants got to be a responsibility, like everything else you took care of that couldn't make decisions for itself.
— Tove Jansson
He read the classics, the French and the German among others, but primarily the Russian, which enchanted him with their heavy patience.
— Tove Jansson
Maybe my passion is nothing special, but at least it's mine.
— Tove Jansson
If you're not afraid, how can you be really brave?
— Tove Jansson
How nice it feels to be good, she thought quietly.
— Tove Jansson
The main thing in life is to know your own mind.
— Tove Jansson
Isn't it fun when one's friends get exactly what suits them?
— Tove Jansson
The thing about God, she thought, is that He usually does help, but not until you've made an effort on your own.
— Tove Jansson
It was definitely finished, and for one moment the sadness of completion overtook the Hemulen.
— Tove Jansson
How easy it is to love.
— Tove Jansson
It takes a long time sometimes," she said, "It can take a terrible long time before things sort themselves out.
— Tove Jansson
It looks rather ordinary," said the Snork. "Unless you consider that a top hat is always somewhat extraordinary, of course.
— Tove Jansson
What is right and what is wrong is a very sensitive matter.
— Tove Jansson
You're too small to be told everything.
— Tove Jansson
I only want to live in peace, plant potatoes and dream!
— Tove Jansson
He did not confuse what he longed for with his gratitude for what he had. Extreme desires have their own sanctuary.
— Tove Jansson
One ought to have the right to have a secret and to spring it as a surprise. But if you live inside a family you have neither.
— Tove Jansson
One must use the night.
— Tove Jansson
Irrational terror is so hard to deal with.
— Tove Jansson
There's no need to imagine that you're a wondrous beauty, because that's what you are.
— Tove Jansson
Before she left, she said, Just remember one thing: Going along with something doesn't mean you give in to it.[ ... ]
— Tove Jansson
We'll always keep our bangles in brown pond water in the future. They're so much more beautiful that way
— Tove Jansson
I mean, anyone can let Danger out but the really clever thing is finding somewhere for it to go afterwards.
— Tove Jansson
Life is an isle of sorrow, you live today and die tomorrow!
— Tove Jansson
Most of the people are homesick anyway, and a little lonely, and they hide themselves in their hair and are turned into flowers.
— Tove Jansson
Because we're going to stay here a little while and calm down until I've learned your names. Light my pipe, someone!
— Tove Jansson
He didn't remember, he didn't worry, he just was.
— Tove Jansson
