Tove Jansson Quotes

• It is simply this: do not tire, never lose interest, never grow indifferent—lose your invaluable curiosity and you let yourself die. It's as simple as that.

  Tove Jansson

  Life, Simple, Curiosity

  Tove Jansson (2007). “Fair Play: A Novel”, Sort of

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• Storms probably exist only because after them we can have a sunrise.

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  Sunrise, Storm

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• Maybe my passion is nothing special, but at least it's mine.

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  Passion, Special, My Passion

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• Me encantan las fronteras. Agosto es la frontera entre el verano y el otoño; es el mes más hermoso que conozco. El crepúsculo es la frontera entre el día y la noche, y la orilla es la frontera entre el mar y la tierra. La frontera es el anhelo: cuando ambos se han enamorado pero aún no se han dicho nada. La frontera es estar en el camino. El camino es lo más importante.

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  Beautiful, Summer, Twilight

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• A person can find anything if he takes the time, that is, if he can afford to look. And while he's looking, he's free, and he finds things he never expected.

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  Looks, Expected, Persons

  "Sommarboken". Book by Tove Jansson, 1972.

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• There's no need to imagine that you're a wondrous beauty, because that's what you are.

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  Needs, Imagine, Imagine That

  Tove Jansson (2014). “Moominsummer Madness”, p.13, Macmillan

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• All things are so very uncertain, and that's exactly what makes me feel reassured.

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  Uncertain, Feels, All Things

  Tove Jansson (2014). “Moominland Midwinter”, p.19, Macmillan

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• One has to discover everything for oneself. And get over it all alone.

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  Self Reliance, All Alone, Over It

  Tove Jansson (2014). “Moominland Midwinter”, p.118, Macmillan

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• Lie on the bridge and watch the water flowing past. Or run, or wade through the swamp in your red boots. Or roll yourself up and listen to the rain falling on the roof. It's very easy to enjoy yourself.

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  Running, Lying, Rain

  Tove Jansson (2008). “Moomin Book Three: The Complete Tove Jansson Comic Strip”, Drawn and Quarterly

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• You must go on a long journey before you can really find out how wonderful home is.

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  Home, Journey, Long

  Tove Jansson (2014). “Comet in Moominland: Can Moomintroll save his beloved valley?”, p.99, Macmillan

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• You can't ever be really free if you admire somebody too much.

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  Inspirational, Too Much, Admire

  Tove Jansson (2014). “Tales from Moominvalley”, p.9, Macmillan

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• My bag was as light as my happy-go-lucky heart.

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  Heart, Light, Lucky

  Tove Jansson (2006). “A Winter Book: Selected Stories”, Sort of Books

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• There are those who stay at home and those who go away, and it has always been so. Everyone can choose for himself, but he must choose while there is still time and never change his mind.

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  Home, Mind, Going Away

  Tove Jansson (2014). “Moominvalley in November”, p.6, Macmillan

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• I want your first trip to be with me. I want to show you cities and landscapes and teach you how to look at things in new ways and how to get along in places you don't already know inside out. I want to put some life in you.

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  Cities, Looks, Landscape

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• One summer morning at sunrise a long time ago I met a little girl with a book under her arm. I asked her why she was out so early and she answered that there were too many books and far too little time. And there she was absolutely right.

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  Girl, Summer, Morning

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• You can't always be friendly. It's impossible, there isn't the time.

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  Friendship, Friendly, Impossible

  Tove Jansson (2003). “Tales from Moominvalley”, p.17, Penguin UK

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• Most of the people are homesick anyway, and a little lonely, and they hide themselves in their hair and are turned into flowers.

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  Lonely, Flower, Hair

  Tove Jansson (2006). “A Winter Book: Selected Stories”, Sort of Books

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• A theatre is the most important sort of house in the world, because that's where people are shown what they could be if they wanted, and what they'd like to be if they dared to and what they really are

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  People, House, Important

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• It’s only the sea,’ said Moomintroll. ‘Every wave that dies on the beach sings a little song to a shell. But you mustn’t go inside because it’s a labyrinth and you may never come out again.

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  Song, Beach, Sea

  Tove Jansson (2014). “Comet in Moominland: Can Moomintroll save his beloved valley?”, p.132, Macmillan

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• ‎''Just think, never to be glad or disappointed. Never to like anyone and get cross at him and forgive him. Never to sleep or feel cold, never to make a mistake and have a stomach-ache and be cured from it, never to have a birthday party, drink beer, and have a bad conscience... How terrible.

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  Mistake, Party, Sleep

  Tove Jansson (2014). “Tales from Moominvalley”, p.143, Macmillan

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• Lo que pasa con Dios, pensó, es que suele ayudar, pero no hasta que te has esforzado por tu cuenta.

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  Effort, Doe, Helping

  "Summer Book". Book by Tove Jansson, www.theguardian.com. 1972.

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• Some people just shouldn't be disturbed in their inclinations, whether large or small. A reminder can instantly turn enthusiasm into aversion and spoil everything.

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  People, Aversion, Enthusiasm

  Tove Jansson (2012). “Fair Play”, p.4, New York Review of Books

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• Anyway, solitary people interest me. There are so many different ways of being solitary.' 'I know just what you mean,' said X. 'I know exactly what you're going to say. Different kinds of solitude. Enforced solitude and voluntary solitude.' 'Quite,' said Viktoria. 'There's no need to go into it further. But when people understand one another without speaking, it can often leave them with very little to talk about, don't you think?

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  Media, Pensamiento, Gente

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• One makes a trip by day, but by night one sets out on a journey.

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  Night, Journey

  Tove Jansson (2014). “Moominpappa at Sea”, p.22, Macmillan

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

  Tove Jansson

  Jam, Pancakes, Dangerous

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