"But that's how it is when you start……" — Tove Jansson
"But that's how it is when you start wanting to have things. Now, I just look at them, and when I go away I carry them in my head. Then my hands are always free, because I don't have to carry a suitcase."
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71 Quotes by Tove Jansson
Tove Jansson has 71 quotes on this site.
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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.…
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One makes a trip by day, but by night one sets out on a journey.
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One can't be too dangerous, if they like to eat pancakes. Especially with jam on it.
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I don't want to hear about them any more. I could vomit on the Moomintrolls.
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A person can find anything if he takes the time, that is, if he can afford to look. And while…
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Look at The Adventure. A boat by night is a wonderful sight. This is the way to start a new life,…
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Storms probably exist only because after them we can have a sunrise.
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There are those who stay at home and those who go away, and it has always been so. Everyone can…
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One has to discover everything for oneself. And get over it all alone.
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Grandmother walked up over the bare granite and thought about birds in general. It seemed to her no other creature…
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Now everything was changed. She walked about with cautious, anxious steps, staring constantly at the ground, on the lookout for…
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Dogs are mute and obedient, but they have watched us and know us and can smell how pitiful we are.
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You are always free to change your mind and choose a different future, or a different past.
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There's always free cheddar in the mousetrap, baby.
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With hope, a mind is always free.
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