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Tove Jansson Quotes | Quotes said by Tove Jansson

  • Tove Jansson Quote #1

    a person can also find solitude with others, though it is more difficult


  • Tove Jansson Quote #2

    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 Quote #3

    All men have parties and are pals who never let each other down. A pal can say terrible things which are forgotten the next day. A pal never forgives, he just forgets, and a woman forgives but never forgets. That's how it is. That's why women aren't allowed to have parties. Being forgiven is very unpleasant.

  • Tove Jansson Quote #4

    Allra mest tyckte jag om att få var svinaktig med Hitler og Stalin.

  • Tove Jansson Quote #5

    And all you can do is just read, she said. She raised her voice an screamed, You just read and read and read! Then she threw herself down on the table and wept.

  • Tove Jansson Quote #6

    And that night he couldn't sleep, but lay looking out at the light June night which was full of lonely whisperings and rustlings and the pattering of feet. The air was sweet with the smell of flowers.

  • Tove Jansson Quote #7

    Are you too frightened to go any farther? asked the silk-monkey, who found all this very easy, having four legs herself.
    I'm never afraid, answered Sniff. But I think the view is better from here.

  • Tove Jansson Quote #8

    But Moominmamma was quite unperturbed.
    Well, well! she said, it seems to me that our guests are having a very good time.
    I hope so, replied Moominpappa. Pass me a banana, please dear.

  • Tove Jansson Quote #9

    But that’s how it is when you start wanting to have things. Now, I just look at them, and when I go away I carry them in my head. Then my hands are always free, because I don’t have to carry a suitcase.

  • Tove Jansson Quote #10

    But when people understand one another without speaking, it can often leave them with very little to talk about, don’t you think?

  • Tove Jansson Quote #11

    Christmas always rustled. It rustled every time, mysteriously, with silver and gold paper, tissue paper and a rich abundance of shiny paper, decorating and hiding everything and giving a feeling of reckless extravagance.

  • Tove Jansson Quote #12

    Clever of you, Hemul. But, on the other hand, think how lonely the Groke is because nobody likes her, and she hates everybody. The Contents is perhaps the only thing she has. Would you now take that away from her too -- lonely and rejected in the night? Sniff became more and more affected and his voice trembled. Cheated out of her only possession by Thingumy and Bob. He blew his nose and couldn't go on.

  • Tove Jansson Quote #13

    Damp veils of mist swirled around them. They were dreadfully cold (Moomintroll thought longingly of his woolly trousers) and surrounded completely by an awful floating emptiness.
    I always thought clouds were soft and woolly and nice to be in, said Sniff, sneezing. Ugh! I'm beginning to be sorry I ever came on this expedition.

  • Tove Jansson Quote #14

    Det var en som kom til mamma og sa: Deres datter er usedvanlig, hun snakker aldri stygt om noen. Jeg husker det, jeg husker det helt tydelig. Men hvorfor? Stolte jeg på dem? Eller var det bare et spørsmål om å tilgi?

  • Tove Jansson Quote #15

    Everyone must imagine his own snakes because no one else's snakes can ever be as awful.

  • Tove Jansson Quote #16

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

  • Tove Jansson Quote #17

    He was the owner of the moonlight on the ground, he fell in love with the most beautiful of the trees, he made wreaths of leaves and strung them around his neck.

  • Tove Jansson Quote #18

    Here is the most valuable thing in the whole of Moomin Valley, Groke! Do you know what has grown out of this hat? Raspberry juice and fruit trees, and the most beautiful little self-propelling clouds: the only Hobgoblin's Hat in the world!

  • Tove Jansson Quote #19

    How happy he must be, this Hobgoblin, exclaimed Sniff.
    He isn't a bit, replied Snufkin, and he won't be until he finds the King's Ruby. It's almost as big as the black panther's head, and to look into it is like looking at leaping flames. The Hobgoblin has looked for the King's Ruby on all the planets including Neptune -- but he hasn't found it. Just now he has gone off to the moon to search in the craters, but he hasn't much hope of success, because in his heart of hearts the Hobgoblin believes that the King's Ruby lies in the sun, where he can never go because it is too hot.

  • Tove Jansson Quote #20

    I can work anywhere, said the Muskrat. It's all a matter of thinking. I sit and think about how unnecessary everything is.
    Really? said Moominpappa, much impressed. Perhaps I might offer you a glass of wine? Against the cold?
    Wine, I am bound to say, is unnecessary, replied the Muskrat, but a small drop nevertheless would not be unwelcome.

  • Tove Jansson Quote #21

    I cannot stress enough the perils of your friends marrying or becoming court inventors. One day you are all a society of outlaws, adventurous comrades and companions who will be pushing off somewhere or other when things become tiresome; you have all the world to choose from, just by looking at the map… And then, suddenly, they’re not interested any more. They want to keep warm. They’re afraid of rain. They start collecting big things that can’t fit in a rucksack. They talk only of small things. They don’t like to make sudden decisions and do something contrariwise. Formerly they hoisted sail; now they carpenter little shelves for porcelain mugs.

  • Tove Jansson Quote #22

    I know I do everything. I've been doing everything for an awfully long time, and I've seen and lived as hard as I could, and it's been unbelievable, I tell you, unbelievable. But now I have the feeling everything is gliding away from me, and I don't remember, and I don't care, and yet now is right when I need it.

  • Tove Jansson Quote #23

    I'm afraid we shall waste an awful lot of time.
    Don't worry, answered Snufkin, we shall have wonderful dreams, and when we wake up it'll be spring.

  • Tove Jansson Quote #24

    If you're not afraid, how can you be really brave?

  • Tove Jansson Quote #25

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

  • Tove Jansson Quote #26

    Jag trur inte att jag helt och hållet är lesbisk... och mitt förhållande til männen er oförandrat.

  • Tove Jansson Quote #27

    Malander had an idea and was trying to work it out, but it would take him time. Sometimes people never saw things clearly until it was too late and they no longer had the strength to start again. Or else they forgot their idea along the way and didn't even realise that they forgotten.

  • Tove Jansson Quote #28

    Man gjemmer ting og så begynner det å lukte.

  • Tove Jansson Quote #29

    Moominmamma had got up very early to pack their rucksacks, and was bustling to and fro with wooly stockings and packets of sandwiches, while down by the bridge Moominpappa was getting their raft in order.
    Mamma, dar, said Moomintroll, we can't possibly take all that with us. Everyone will laugh.
    It's cold in the Lonely Mountains, said Moominmamma, stuffing in an umbrella and a frying pan. Have you got a compass?
    Yes, answered Moomintroll, but couldn't you at least leave out the plates -- we can easily eat off rhubarb leaves.

  • Tove Jansson Quote #30

    Moominmamma hurried off to pack. She collected blankets, saucepans, birch-bark,* a coffee-pot, masses of food, suntan-oil, matches, and everything you can eat out of, on or with. She packed it all with an umbrella, warm clothes, tummy-ache medicine, an egg-whisk, cushions, a mosquito-net, bathing-drawers and a table cloth in her bag. She bustled to and fro racking her brains for anything she had forgotten, and at last she said: Now it's ready! Oh, how lovely it will be to have a rest by the sea!

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