"What should a good children’s book be like?……" — Astrid Lindgren
"What should a good children’s book be like? If you ask me, I can tell you after thinking long and hard: It must be good."
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Astrid Lindgren
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24 Quotes by Astrid Lindgren
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If I have brightened up one single sad childhood, then I have at least accomplished something in my life.
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If I have managed to brighten up even one gloomy childhood – then I’m satisfied.
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And so I write the way I myself would like the book to be – if I were a child.…
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Everything great that ever happened in this world happened first in somebody’s imagination.
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What the world of tomorrow will be like is greatly dependent on the power of imagination in those who are…
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I have noticed several times that people don't think I know how to behave even when I'm trying as hard…
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I don't mind dying, I'll gladly do that, but not right now, I need to clean the house first.
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There is very little you can beat into a child, but no limit to what you can hug out of…
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I have been very interested in labor movement. If I could have wished another life, I would have loved to…
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I have never experienced being madly in love the way most people seem to have been, although it is not…
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Don't let them get you down. Be cheeky. And wild. And wonderful.
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Well, well, so you aren't going to be a maidservant this time?" said Pippi, stroking his back. "Oh, that was…
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