76 Quotes by Astrid Lindgren

I have never tried that before, so I think I should definitely be able to do that.

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.

But still, if it’s true, how can it be a lie?

Don’t you worry about me. I’ll always come out on top.

No Fridolf, bother all this learning. I can’t study anymore because I must climb the mast to see what kind of weather we’re going to have tomorrow.

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 don’t want to write for adults. I want to write for readers who can perform miracles. Only children perform miracles when they read.

I don’t mind dying, I’ll gladly do that, but not right now, I need to clean the house first.

I don’t much like to do housework, you know.