Quote by Tove Jansson Download Open image ““Irrational terror is so hard to deal with.”” — Tove Jansson ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 5.0 out of 5 (7 ratings) Copy quoteShare
“That was the thing about terror: it made rational people act irrationally.” — Marcus Sakey Copy Share Image
“That was the thing about terror: it made rational people act irrationally. From a certain perspective, the fear was more destructive than the actual… — Marcus Sakey Copy Share Image
“Terror is a powerful means of policy and one would have to be a hypocrite not to understand this.” — Leon Trotsky Copy Share Image
“That's called terror. Its confusion and a little paranoia and a nice big dose of panic.” — Jonathan Mayberry Copy Share Image
“True terror isn’t being scared; it’s not having a choice in the matter.” — John Green Copy Share Image
“True terror isn’t being scared; it’s not having a choice on the matter.” — John Green Copy Share Image
“There's always that one group of people who think they have special permission to terrorize anybody who disagrees with them. And then everybody who… — G. Willow Wilson Copy Share Image
“The world divides into those who like the managed induction of terror and those who don’t. I do not find terror exciting. I find… — David Foster Wallace Copy Share Image
“Panic and terror aren't the only kinds of fear. There are deeper kinds, more terrible kinds. Apprehension and heavy, heavy dread.” — Veronica Roth Copy Share Image
“I have learned to love evoking terror in people. Like this I have a special kind of power over them and they leave me… — D.S. Wrights Copy Share Image
“Seeing what scares you for what it is does not lessen the terror. It still has the power to break your heart, over and… — Teri Terry Copy Share Image
“The fear is so deep, so irrational, so immediate, that I can neither doubt it or examine it.” — Michael S.A. Graziano Copy Share Image
I'm not sure I would have ever started to draw, let alone write, if my childhood hadn't been so happy. It was a mixture… — Tove Jansson Copy Share Image
“The star we're looking for isn't so very friendly," said Moomintroll. "Quite the contrary, in fact." "What did you say?" said Sniff. Moomintroll went a bit red. "I mean -- stars in general," he said, "big and small, friendly and unfriendly, and so on." "Can they be unfriendly?" asked Snufkin. "Yes -- ones with tails," answered Moomintroll. "Comets." At last… — Tove Jansson Copy Share
It looks rather ordinary," said the Snork. "Unless you consider that a top hat is always somewhat extraordinary, of course. — Tove Jansson Copy Share Image
“But Moominpappa wasn't listening, because just at that moment he had got the right grip on a big round boulder, and with a great… — Tove Jansson Copy Share Image
Everyone must imagine his own snakes because no one else's snakes can ever be as awful. — Tove Jansson Copy Share Image
All men have parties and are pals who never let each other down. A pal can say terrible things which are forgotten the next… — Tove Jansson Copy Share Image
Someone who eats pancakes and jam can't be so awfully dangerous. You can talk to him. — Tove Jansson Copy Share Image
“I cannot stress enough the perils of your friends marrying or becoming court inventors. One day you are all a society of outlaws, adventurous comrades and companions who will be pushing off somewhere or other when things become tiresome; you have all the world to choose from, just by looking at the map… And then, suddenly, they’re not interested any… — Tove Jansson Copy Share
“Sophia," she said, "this is really not something to argue about. You can see for yourself that life is hard enough without being punished for it afterwards. We get comfort when we die, that's the whole idea." "It's not hard at all!" Sophia shouted. "And what are you going to do about the Devil, then? He lives in Hell!" For… — Tove Jansson Copy Share
Before we left, Grandmother talked a lot about the arctic night we would fly through. 'Isn't it a mystical word, "arctic"? Pure and quite… — Tove Jansson Copy Share Image
It is still summer, but the summer is no longer alive. It has come to a standstill; nothing withers, and fall is not ready… — Tove Jansson Copy Share Image
