You must go on a long journey before you can really find out how wonderful home is. Tove Jansson More Quotes by Tove Jansson More Quotes From Tove Jansson He didn't remember, he didn't worry, he just was. Tove Jansson worry remember The thing about God, she thought, is that He usually does help, but not until you've made an effort on your own. Tove Jansson effort doe helping I don't want to hear about them any more. I could vomit on the Moomintrolls. Tove Jansson want 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. Tove Jansson next-day party men Smell is important. It reminds a person of all the things he's been through; it is a sheath of memories and security. Tove Jansson smell important memories I love borders. August is the border between summer and autumn; it is the most beautiful month I know. Tove Jansson autumn summer beautiful 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. Tove Jansson girl summer morning The lamp sizzled as it burned. It made everything seem close and safe, a little family circle they all knew and trusted. Outside this circle lay everything that was strange and frightening, and the darkness seemed to reach higher and higher and further and further away, right to the end of the world. Tove Jansson lamps circles darkness ...now and then a giggling trail of mermaids appeared in our wake. We fed them oatmeal. Tove Jansson oatmeal inspirational funny It was a particularly good evening to begin a book. Tove Jansson good-evening evening book You can't always be friendly. It's impossible, there isn't the time. Tove Jansson impossible friendly friendship 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. Tove Jansson aversion enthusiasm people I mean, anyone can let Danger out but the really clever thing is finding somewhere for it to go afterwards. Tove Jansson danger clever mean It's a funny thing about bogs. You can fill them with rocks and sand and old logs and make a little fenced-in yard on top with a woodpile and chopping block - but bogs go right on behaving like bogs. Early in the spring they breathe ice and make their own mist, in remembrance of the time when they had black water and their own sedge blossoming untouched. Tove Jansson rocks block spring It's risky to talk about one's most secret dreams a bit too early. Tove Jansson bits secret dream Making a journey by night is more wonderful than anything in the world. Tove Jansson journey night world Look at The Adventure. A boat by night is a wonderful sight. This is the way to start a new life, with a hurricane lamp shining at the top of the mast, and the coastline disappearing behind one as the whole world lies sleeping. Making a journey by night is more wonderful than anything in the world. Tove Jansson sleep adventure lying One makes a trip by day, but by night one sets out on a journey. Tove Jansson journey night Malander had an idea and was trying to work it out, but it would take him time. Sometimes people never saw things clearly until it was too late and they no longer had the strength to start again. Or else they forgot their idea along the way and didn't even realise that they forgotten. Tove Jansson trying people ideas Now everything was changed. She walked about with cautious, anxious steps, staring constantly at the ground, on the lookout for things that crept and crawled. Bushes were dangerous, and so were sea grass and rain water. There were little animals everywhere. They could turn up between the covers of a book, flattened and dead, for the fact is that creeping animals, tattered animals, and dead animals are with us all our lives, from beginning to end. Grandmother tried to discuss this with her, to no avail. Irrational terror is so hard to deal with. Tove Jansson fear rain book
