Why are you in such a rush?" Sophia asked, and her grandmother answered that it was a good idea to do things before you forgot that they had to be done. Tove Jansson More Quotes by Tove Jansson More Quotes From Tove Jansson Nothing is as peaceful as when Christmas is over, when one has been forgiven for everything and can be normal again. Tove Jansson nothing everything peaceful christmas All men are chums who will never leave each other in the lurch. A chum doesn't forgive, he just forgets - women forgive everything but never forget. Being forgiven is very unpleasant. Tove Jansson women never-forget forget men It was the winter of war, in 1939. It felt completely pointless to try to create pictures... I suddenly felt an urge to write down something that was to begin with 'Once upon a time.' Tove Jansson pictures winter time war