305 Quotes by Tove Jansson

"Quite, quite,' she thought with a little sigh. 'It's always like this in their adventures. To save and be saved. I wish somebody would write a story sometime about the people who warm up the heroes afterward."

"Je moet dingen nooit herhalen. Dat zou een verkeerd einde zijn."

"All men have parties and are pals who never let each other down. A pal can say terrible things which are forgotten the next day. A pal never forgives, he just forgets, and a woman forgives but never forgets. That's how it is. That's why women aren't allowed to have parties. Being forgiven is very unpleasant."

"Someone who eats pancakes and jam can't be so awfully dangerous. You can talk to him."

"The room had lost its morning light, the glow of expectation and potential. The daylight was now gray, and the new day was already used, a little soiled by mistaken thoughts and makeshift undertakings."

"Grandmother sat in the magic forest and carved outlandish animals. She cut them from branches and driftwood and gave them paws and faces, but she only hinted at what they looked like and never made them too distinct. They retained their wooden souls..."

"The hemulen woke up slowly and recognised himself and wished he had been someone he didn't know."

"This is a matter of feeling,’ said Misabel. ‘And such things can never be explained."

"When they reached the top of the hill they turned and looked down at the valley. Moominhouse was just a blue dot, and the river a narrow ribbon of green: the swing they couldn't see at all. "We've never been such a long way from home before," said Moomintroll, and a little goose-fleshy thrill of excitement came over them at the thought."

"Oh, dear me!" he lamented. "The raft has floated off and I suppose it's gone down that awful hole by now.""Well, never mind. We're not on it," said Snufkin gaily. "What's a kettle here or there when you're out looking for a comet!"