Hans Christian Andersen
Hans Christian Andersen
Hans Christian Andersen; often referred to in Scandinavia as H. C. Andersen; 2 April 1805 – 4 August 1875) was a Danish author. Although a prolific writer of plays, travelogues, novels, and poems, Andersen is best remembered for his fairy tales. Andersen's popularity is not limited to children; his stories, called eventyr in Danish, express themes that transcend age and nationality...
NationalityDanish
ProfessionChildren's Author
Date of Birth2 April 1805
CityOdense, Denmark
CountryDenmark
Just living is not enough... one must have sunshine, freedom, and a little flower.
Everything you look at can become a fairy tale and you can get a story from everything you touch.
When the bird of the heart begins to sing, too often will reason stop up her ears.
But a mermaid has no tears, and therefore she suffers so much more.
Death walks faster than the wind and never returns what he has taken.
Life is like a beautiful melody, only the lyrics are messed up.
She laughed and danced with the thought of death in her heart.
Don't ask me how I am! I understand nothing more!
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.
Almighty God, thee only have I; thou steerest my fate, I must give myself up to thee! Give me a livelihood! Give me a bride! My blood wants love, as my heart does!
It is the power of thought that gives man power over nature.
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.
I never dreamed of so much happiness when I was the Ugly Duckling!
I would give gladly all the hundreds of years that I have to live, to be a human being only for one day, and to have the hope of knowing the happiness of that glorious world above the stars.