Tove Jansson Short Quotes

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You can't ever be really free if you admire somebody too much.

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I'll have to calm down a bit. Or else I'll burst with happiness

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One makes a trip by day, but by night one sets out on a journey.

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

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

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And it's a risky thing to talk about one's most secret dreams a bit too early.

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

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All things are so very uncertain, and that's exactly what makes me feel reassured.

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

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

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

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

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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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There's a lot of things one can't understand…But why should everything be exactly as one is used to having it?

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

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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.

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Most of the people are homesick anyway, and a little lonely, and they hide themselves in their hair and are turned into flowers.

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A person can find anything if he takes the time, that is, if he can afford to look. And while he's looking, he's free, and he finds things he never expected.

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It is simply this: do not tire, never lose interest, never grow indifferent—lose your invaluable curiosity and you let yourself die. It's as simple as that.

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Some people just shouldn't be disturbed in their inclinations, whether large or small. A reminder can instantly turn enthusiasm into aversion and spoil everything.

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They were always doing something. Quietly, without interruption, and with great concentration, they carried on with the hundred-and-one small things that made up their world.

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There are those who stay at home and those who go away, and it has always been so. Everyone can choose for himself, but he must choose while there is still time and never change his mind.

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It's only the sea,' said Moomintroll. 'Every wave that dies on the beach sings a little song to a shell. But you mustn't go inside because it's a labyrinth and you may never come out again.

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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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