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• I'm not sure I would have ever started to draw, let alone write, if my childhood hadn't been so happy. It was…
• One makes a trip by day, but by night one sets out on a journey.
• One can't be too dangerous, if they like to eat pancakes. Especially with jam on it.
• I don't want to hear about them any more. I could vomit on the Moomintrolls.
• A person can find anything if he takes the time, that is, if he can afford to look. And while he's looking,…
• Look at The Adventure. A boat by night is a wonderful sight. This is the way to start a new life, with a…
• Storms probably exist only because after them we can have a sunrise.
• There are those who stay at home and those who go away, and it has always been so. Everyone can choose for…
• One has to discover everything for oneself. And get over it all alone.
• Grandmother walked up over the bare granite and thought about birds in general. It seemed to her no other creature had the…
• Now everything was changed. She walked about with cautious, anxious steps, staring constantly at the ground, on the lookout for things that…
• Dogs are mute and obedient, but they have watched us and know us and can smell how pitiful we are.

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