A childhood without books – that would be no childhood. That would be like being shut out from the enchanted place where you can go and find the rarest kind of joy. — Astrid Lindgren Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
“Någon ropade på mig i drömmen och jag seker honom långt i fjärran bortom bergen.” — Astrid Lindgren Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
If I have brightened up one single sad childhood, then I have at least accomplished something in my life. — Astrid Lindgren Copy Share Image
“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. 'But there are things you have to do, otherwise you're not a human being, just a piece of dirt. I've said this to you before.' 'But what if he'd realized who you were?' I said. 'And… — Astrid Lindgren Copy Share
“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 Copy Share Image
There is very little you can beat into a child, but no limit to what you can hug out of it. — Astrid Lindgren Copy Share Image
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 Shanghai. His ears were so big he could use them for a raincoat. When it rained, he just crept in under his ears and was warm and snug as could be. Not that the ears had… — Astrid Lindgren Copy Share
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 Copy Share Image
