76 Quotes by Astrid Lindgren

I hope you won't mind, my dear, if we take it," said Thunder Karlsson. "Oh, not at all," said Pippi. "Of course not." And with that, Blom went over and took out the suitcase. "I hope you won't mind, my dear, if I take it back," said Pippi, as she climbed out of bed and went over to Blom.

Men då sa Jonatan att det fanns saker som man måste göra, även om det var farligt. ’Varför då’, undrade jag. ’Annars är man ingen människa utan bara en liten lort’, sa Jonatan.

Men jag kan inte döda någon’, sa Jonatan, ’det vet du, Orvar!’ […] ’Om alla vore som du’, sa Orvar, ’då skulle ju ondskan få regera i all evinnerlighet!’ Men då sa jag att om alla vore som Jonatan, så skulle det inte finnas någon ondska.

-Du skjønner det, frøken, at når en har en mamma som er engel og en pappa som er negerkonge det her e så fantastisk, og når en selv har seilt rundt på havet hele livet, så vet en ikke hvordan en skal oppføre seg blant alle eplene og piggsvinene.

Yes, she was lonely, but she missed no one in particular. Whom could she miss? Her days were full of life and pleasure, but they passed so quickly.

If I have managed to brighten up even one gloomy childhood – then I’m satisfied.

I'm going to bed now, Lovis! Not to sleep. But to think and to curse, and woe better anyone who disturbs me!

You understand Teacher, don't you, that when you have a mother who's an angel and a father who is a cannibal king, and when you have sailed on the ocean all your whole life, then you don't know just how to behave in school with all the apples and ibexes.

I have noticed several times that people don't think I know how to behave even when I'm trying as hard as I can.