Well, it's not so easy to give an answer when you ask a stupid question! Hans Christian Andersen More Quotes by Hans Christian Andersen More Quotes From Hans Christian Andersen Happy domestic life is like a beautiful summer's evening; the heart is filled with peace; and everything around derives a peculiar glory. Hans Christian Andersen summerbeautifulhappiness My life is a lovely story, happy and full of incident. Hans Christian Andersen lovelylife-isstories Human beings, on the contrary, have a soul which lives forever, lives after the body has been turned to dust. It rises up through the clear, pure air beyond the glittering stars. Hans Christian Andersen duststarsair No, the light is too intense; we do not yet have eyes that can see all the glory God has created. But maybe someday we will have such eyes. That will be the most wonderful fairy tale of all, for we ourselves will be part of it. Hans Christian Andersen fairy-talelighteye He found whole figures which represented a written word; but he never could manage to represent just the word he wanted - that word was 'eternity', and the Snow Queen had said, "If you can discover that figure, you shall be your own master, and I will make you a present of the whole world and a pair of new skates." But he could not find it out. Hans Christian Andersen queenssnowworld Then she saw a star fall, leaving behind it a bright streak of fire. “Someone is dying,” thought the little girl, for her old grandmother, the only one who had ever loved her, and who was now dead, had told her that when a star falls, a soul was going up to God. Hans Christian Andersen girlstarsfall When the bird of the heart begins to sing, too often will reason stop up her ears. Hans Christian Andersen earsheartbird A human life is a story told by God. Hans Christian Andersen griefcondolencessympathy I have gone through the most terrible affair that could possibly happen; only imagine, my shadow has gone mad; I suppose such a poor, shallow brain, could not bear much; he fancies that he has become a real man, and that I am his shadow. Hans Christian Andersen madrealmen To travel is to live. Hans Christian Andersen adventuretravel She laughed and danced with the thought of death in her heart. Hans Christian Andersen thoughts-of-deathlaughedheart Most of the people who will walk after me will be children, so make the beat keep time with short steps. Hans Christian Andersen stepschildrenpeople The naive was only a part of my fairy tales; humour was the real salt in them. Hans Christian Andersen saltfairy-talereal I only appear to be dead. Hans Christian Andersen There was once a bundle of matches, and they were frightfully proud because of their high origin. Their family tree, that is to say the great pine tree of which they were each a little splinter, had been the giant of the forest. Hans Christian Andersen splintersgiantstree Each time I think that the song is ended ... something higher and better begins for me. Hans Christian Andersen highersongthinking Don't ask me how I am! I understand nothing more! Hans Christian Andersen ask-measks Death walks faster than the wind and never returns what he has taken. Hans Christian Andersen returntakenwind Every time a good child dies, an angel of God comes down to earth. He takes the child in his arms, spreads out his great white wings, and flies with it all over the places the child loved on earth. The angel plucks a large handful of flowers, and they carry it with them up to God, where the flowers bloom more brightly than they ever did on earth. Hans Christian Andersen angelflowerchildren Being born in a duck yard does not matter, if only you are hatched from a swan's egg. Hans Christian Andersen ugly-ducklingswanseggs
