Tove Jansson
Tove Jansson
Tove Marika Jansson; 9 August 1914 – 27 June 2001) was a Swedish-speaking Finnish novelist, painter, illustrator and comic strip author. For her contribution as a children's writer she received the Hans Christian Andersen Medal in 1966...
NationalityFinnish
ProfessionChildren's Author
Date of Birth9 August 1914
CityHelsinki, Finland
CountryFinland
dared people shown
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.
bags lots means
Sometimes it's better to look at things than own them... owning means anxiety and lots of bags to carry around.
cities landscape want
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...
mistake party sleep
''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.
mind changed ill
For a while she considered being ill, but she changed her mind...
sunrise storm
Storms probably exist only because after them we can have a sunrise.
want
I don't want to hear about them any more. I could vomit on the Moomintrolls.
intelligent thinking people
She started thinking about all the euphemisms for death, all the anxious taboos that had always fascinated her. It was too bad you could never have an intelligent discussion on the subject. People were either too young or too old, or else they didn't have time.
self-reliance all-alone over-it
One has to discover everything for oneself. And get over it all alone.
grandmother long lost
A very long time ago, Grandmother had wanted to tell about all the things they did, but no one had bothered to ask. And now she had lost the urge.
clever mean danger
I mean, anyone can let Danger out but the really clever thing is finding somewhere for it to go afterwards.
snakes awful imagine
Everyone must imagine his own snakes because no one else's snakes can ever be as awful.
pancakes jam dangerous
Someone who eats pancakes and jam can't be so awfully dangerous. You can talk to him.
friendship friendly impossible
You can't always be friendly. It's impossible, there isn't the time.