Tove Jansson - Strange Quotes

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It's strange, Moominmamma thought. Strange that people can be sad, and even angry because life is too easy. But that's the way it is, I suppose. The only thing to do is to start life afresh.

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The lamp sizzled as it burned. It made everything seem close and safe, a little family circle they all knew and trusted. Outside this circle lay everything that was strange and frightening, and the darkness seemed to reach higher and higher and further and further away, right to the end of the world.

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But he thought all the strange words were beautiful, and he had never had a book of his own before.

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