Aber manchmal geschehen Wunder.

Then she yelled after the girl, 'No, we haven't seen any bald 'uns all days. But yesterday seventeen of 'em went by. Arm in…

— Astrid Lindgren

“Någon ropade på mig i drömmen och jag seker honom långt i fjärran bortom bergen.”

— Astrid Lindgren

But still, if it's true, how can it be a lie?

— Astrid Lindgren

And so I write the way I myself would like the book to be – if I were a child. I write for the…

— Astrid Lindgren

Don't let them get you down. Be cheeky. And wild. And wonderful.

— Astrid Lindgren

If I have brightened up one single sad childhood, then I have at least accomplished something in my life.

— Astrid Lindgren

“Why did you save Park's life, was that so good?' 'I don't know if it was such a good thing to do,' said Jonathan.…

— Astrid Lindgren

“Pippi stroking his back. ‘Bosh, that was a true fib,’ she added. ‘But if it was true, how could it be a fib? Perhaps…

— Astrid Lindgren

There is very little you can beat into a child, but no limit to what you can hug out of it.

— Astrid Lindgren

At least, not in this country,' she added after a moment's thought. 'In China it's a little different. Once I saw a Chinaman in…

— Astrid Lindgren

“Don't you worry about me. I'll always come out on top.”

— Astrid Lindgren

I have never experienced being madly in love the way most people seem to have been, although it is not something I would miss.…

— Astrid Lindgren

Give the children love, more love and still more love – and the common sense will come by itself.

— Astrid Lindgren

If I have managed to brighten up even one gloomy childhood – then I’m satisfied.

— Astrid Lindgren

No Fridolf, bother all this learning. I can't study anymore because I must climb the mast to see what kind of weather we're going…

— Astrid Lindgren