People carry their loved ones with them. They are forever present. 
How nice it feels to be good, she thought quietly. 
Tell them it's a secret. Tell them they don't need to know. 
I wonder if the nursery and the chamber of horrors are as far apart as people think? 
It was a particularly good evening to begin a book. 
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. 
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There's no need to imagine that you're a wondrous beauty, because that's what you are. 
For a while she considered being ill, but she changed her mind ... 
It'd be awful if the world exploded, it's so wonderfully splendid 
I only want to live in peace, plant potatoes and dream! 
What is right and what is wrong is a very sensitive matter. 
The hemulen woke up slowly and recognised himself and wished he had been someone he didn't know. 
Making a whole is very important. Most people paint things and forget the whole. 
How easy it is to love. 
Everything's much too big here,' thought Moominmamma. 'Or perhaps I'm too small. 
It takes a long time sometimes," she said, "It can take a terrible long time before things sort themselves out. 
It looks rather ordinary," said the Snork. "Unless you consider that a top hat is always somewhat extraordinary, of course. 
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 
Why do you smile all the time?" he said. "Because I am looking at you," she said 
You're too small to be told everything. 
The spirit of adventure sped through his soul on mighty wings. 
He did not confuse what he longed for with his gratitude for what he had. Extreme desires have their own sanctuary. 
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. 
Now and then a giggling trail of mermaids appeared in our wake. We fed them oatmeal. 
One must use the night. 
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. 
Of course, Moomintrolls don't wear clothes, except sometimes in bed. 
Irrational terror is so hard to deal with. 
We'll always keep our bangles in brown pond water in the future. They're so much more beautiful that way 
I mean, anyone can let Danger out but the really clever thing is finding somewhere for it to go afterwards. 
Making a journey by night is more wonderful than anything in the world. 
Life is an isle of sorrow, you live today and die tomorrow! 
Most of the people are homesick anyway, and a little lonely, and they hide themselves in their hair and are turned into flowers. 
Because we're going to stay here a little while and calm down until I've learned your names. Light my pipe, someone! 
He read the classics, the French and the German among others, but primarily the Russian, which enchanted him with their heavy patience. 
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. 
You must go on a long journey before you can really find out how wonderful home is. 
Even potted plants got to be a responsibility, like everything else you took care of that couldn't make decisions for itself. 
I am fond of lovely old words like 'locomotive'. 
But he thought all the strange words were beautiful, and he had never had a book of his own before. 
Everyone must imagine his own snakes because no one else's snakes can ever be as awful. 
It's risky to talk about one's most secret dreams a bit too early. 
Alexander was in the grip of a passion for perfection. He was not aware of how closely, how perilously, perfectionism and fanaticism are related. 
Dogs are mute and obedient, but they have watched us and know us and can smell how pitiful we are. 
Storms probably exist only because after them we can have a sunrise. 
She was tired and in no mood for anyone's similes but her own. 
It's nice to have beautiful things that really belong to you. 
Do you know the difference between the first love and the last? It's this: you always think the first love is the last and the last the first... 
A person can also find solitude with others, though it is more difficult 
Sometimes it's better to look at things than own them ... owning means anxiety and lots of bags to carry around. 
Maybe my passion is nothing special, but at least it's mine. 
My dear child," said Grandmother impatiently, "every human being has to make his own mistakes." She was very tired, and wanted to get home. 
You can't ever be really free if you admire somebody too much. 
If you're not afraid, how can you be really brave? 
The main thing in life is to know your own mind. 
Isn't it fun when one's friends get exactly what suits them? 
The thing about God, she thought, is that He usually does help, but not until you've made an effort on your own. 
It was definitely finished, and for one moment the sadness of completion overtook the Hemulen. 