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My childhood grew thin and flat, paperlike. It was tired and threadbare, and in low moments it didn't look like it would last until I was grown up. — Tove Ditlevsen

And if one doesn't dare to do something immediately then one never does it. — Tove Jansson

It means a lot to everyone around me that I look good, and I don't think it should have to. I just think I should look the way I do. — Tove Lo

Commonplace things can be fascinating. — Tove Jansson

I've been collaborating a lot, because I like working that way. It's fun and keeps you moving forward. — Tove Styrke

The fact is, when you date an artist, you have to know that they're going to sing about you. — Tove Lo

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

I really do know what I want with my life. I think that keeps me from making bad decisions and spending time doing stuff I don't enjoy. — Tove Styrke

You can't always be friendly. It's impossible, there isn't the time. — Tove Jansson

You're an idiot," Snufkin said. "Or still worse, you're a story spoiler. — Tove Jansson

The promises made by a guilty conscience acknowledge and settle no debts... — 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

Listen," said the Hemulen. "I was born bald on top and really I get along very well. — 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

One can't be too dangerous, if they like to eat pancakes. Especially with jam on it. — Tove Jansson

One has to discover everything for oneself. And get over it all alone. — 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

I need to write down my observations. Even the tiniest ones; they're the most important. — Tove Jansson

I never felt like I was forced to do anything. — Tove Styrke

It can be sad having a friend you've admired too much and seen too rarely and told too many things that you should have kept to yourself. — Tove Jansson

She was tired and in no mood for anyone's similes but her own. — 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

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

My poems covered the bare places in my childhood like the fine, new skin under a scab that hasn't yet fallen off completely. — Tove Ditlevsen

Life is an isle of sorrow, you live today and die tomorrow! — Tove Jansson

Making a journey by night is more wonderful than anything in the world. — Tove Jansson

I want people to FEEL something ... If it's sadness, anger, horny, happiness whatever! As long as it doesn't just pass you by. — Tove Lo

When I'm angry, like, if someone gets me really upset, whatever comes into my head, I scream it. — Tove Lo

My main inspirations are the people around me, heartbreaks, frustration and everything that makes you feel stronger than you should. — Tove Lo

I mean, anyone can let Danger out but the really clever thing is finding somewhere for it to go afterwards. — 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

People carry their loved ones with them. They are forever present. — Tove Jansson

I am an open book, and I'm fine being me: I'm not a perfect person. — Tove Lo

Irrational terror is so hard to deal with. — Tove Jansson

Of course, Moomintrolls don't wear clothes, except sometimes in bed. — Tove Jansson

Dogs are mute and obedient, but they have watched us and know us and can smell how pitiful we are. — Tove Jansson

Alexander was in the grip of a passion for perfection. He was not aware of how closely, how perilously, perfectionism and fanaticism are related. — Tove Jansson

My dream was never to become this unattainable star. — Tove Lo

Singing gives me a lot of energy. — Tove Lo

It's risky to talk about one's most secret dreams a bit too early. — 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

I started to use music almost like a therapist, where it's like, everything that I don't really dare to say or speak about, I can sing about. — Tove Lo

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

Storms probably exist only because after them we can have a sunrise. — Tove Jansson

I don't think I would live very long if I was a rock star. — Tove Lo

I have quite a broad taste in music. — Tove Styrke

The first album that I bought was the Nirvana 'MTV Unplugged in New York' album. — Tove Lo

The thing that I love about pop music is the simplicity and the directness of it. — Tove Lo

I definitely feel I'm outside of the polished pop girl group, which feels right. I don't think I could keep up that polished surface on purpose. — Tove Lo

You must go on a long journey before you can really find out how wonderful home is. — Tove Jansson

I'm not from a music family at all. — Tove Lo

Before she left, she said, Just remember one thing: Going along with something doesn't mean you give in to it.[ ... ] — Tove Jansson

How easy it is to love. — Tove Jansson

Making a whole is very important. Most people paint things and forget the whole. — Tove Jansson

The hemulen woke up slowly and recognised himself and wished he had been someone he didn't know. — Tove Jansson

What is right and what is wrong is a very sensitive matter. — Tove Jansson

I only want to live in peace, plant potatoes and dream! — Tove Jansson

It'd be awful if the world exploded, it's so wonderfully splendid — Tove Jansson

Everything that has to do with sex is somehow ... it's the best thing in the world, and it's still the one thing people don't want you to talk about. — Tove Lo

For a while she considered being ill, but she changed her mind ... — Tove Jansson

You get a lot of fame, but haven't created anything musically. — Tove Styrke

There's no need to imagine that you're a wondrous beauty, because that's what you are. — Tove Jansson

We lived by the water, and I was a pretty normal kid until my teenage years; then I dyed my hair pink and spiraled out of control. — Tove Lo

He didn't remember, he didn't worry, he just was. — Tove Jansson

I've never grown into loving someone. It's, like, either right away or slowly sinks in. — Tove Lo

Sniff looked at them and noticed that they were much smaller than he was, so he felt kinder and said, condescendingly. Hullo. Nice to see you. — Tove Jansson

It was a particularly good evening to begin a book. — Tove Jansson

I wonder if the nursery and the chamber of horrors are as far apart as people think? — Tove Jansson

A good song stays in your head because it's catchy, a great song stays because it means something to you. — Tove Lo

Tell them it's a secret. Tell them they don't need to know. — Tove Jansson

How nice it feels to be good, she thought quietly. — Tove Jansson

I'm always exhausted after a show, even if it's just half an hour. — Tove Lo

I think there's always a bit of pain in everything that's ecstatic - relationships and love, they always come with pain. — Tove Lo

A very long time ago, Grandmother had wanted to tell about all the things they did, but no one had bothered to ask. And now she had lost the urge. — Tove Jansson

One must use the night. — Tove Jansson

Now and then a giggling trail of mermaids appeared in our wake. We fed them oatmeal. — 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

The challenge is to translate the song into something that works on the stage. It's pop music, but I try to keep it as loose as possible. — Tove Styrke

He did not confuse what he longed for with his gratitude for what he had. Extreme desires have their own sanctuary. — Tove Jansson

In the same way that I'm open when I speak, I'm that open on stage. I feed off the energy of the audience, too, so they're feeling what I'm feeling. — Tove Lo

My loyalty lies with you, Princess," Tove smiled. "I trust you, and other Trylle will learn to trust you, once they see what you can do. — Amanda Hocking

The spirit of adventure sped through his soul on mighty wings. — Tove Jansson

You're too small to be told everything. — Tove Jansson

I was always drawn to the self-destructive kind of way. I thought there was something beautiful about it; I don't know why. — Tove Lo

Why do you smile all the time?" he said. "Because I am looking at you," she said — Tove Jansson

That's kind of how I am - a roller coaster of emotions. — Tove Lo

When I play a song for someone the first time, if I make 'em laugh, I think, 'Yes, I've succeeded.' — Tove Lo

They retained their wooden souls, and the curve of their backs had the enigmatic shape of growth itself and remained a part of the decaying forest — Tove Jansson

It looks rather ordinary," said the Snork. "Unless you consider that a top hat is always somewhat extraordinary, of course. — Tove Jansson

Down in the bottom of my childhood my father stands laughing. — Tove Ditlevsen

It takes a long time sometimes," she said, "It can take a terrible long time before things sort themselves out. — Tove Jansson

Everything's much too big here,' thought Moominmamma. 'Or perhaps I'm too small. — Tove Jansson

I think it's very easy to get self-conscious and stuck when you're doing everything on your own. — Tove Styrke