“Aren't you going to dry the floor?' asked Annika. 'Oh, no, it can dry in the sun,' answered Pippi. 'I don't think it will catch cold so long as it keeps moving.” — 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.… — Astrid Lindgren Copy Share Image
“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… — Astrid Lindgren Copy Share Image
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
