"... 'I've been doing everything for an awfully……" — Tove Jansson
"... 'I've been doing everything for an awfully long time, and I've seen and lived as hard as I could, and it's been unbelievable, I tell you, unbelievable. But now I have the feeling everything's gliding away from me, and I don't remember, and I don't care, and yet now is right when I need it!'. [pp. 84-85]"
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71 Quotes by Tove Jansson
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One has to discover everything for oneself. And get over it all alone.
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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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