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Does your sister read our books?” Anna wanted to know. “No. She reads literature.
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Sniff looked at them and noticed that they were much smaller than he was, so he felt kinder and said, condescendingly. "Hullo. Nice to see you.
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Why do you smile all the time?" he said. "Because I am looking at you," she said
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There one is safe. In a museum or in a lap or in a tree. Perhaps under the bedclothes. But the best thing of all is to sit high up in a tree, that is if one isn't still inside one's Mummy's tummy.
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Luultavasti myrskyj� onkin vain siksi, ett� niiden j�lkeen saataisiin auringonnousu.
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I'm afraid we shall waste an awful lot of time." "Don't worry," answered Snufkin, "we shall have wonderful dreams, and when we wake up it'll be spring.
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Ja, det forst�r jeg. En g�r helst bare ut n�r en m�. Eller n�r en har lyst. Det er vel best � vente, og kjenne etter.
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No well-bred person goes ashore on someone else's island when there's no one home. But if they put up a sign, then you do it anyway, because it's a slap in the face
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Englemos," sa sniff nonchalant. "Bare barnslig t�v." I hvert fall for alle som har sett i en stjernekikkert.
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My dear child," said Grandmother impatiently, "every human being has to make his own mistakes." She was very tired, and wanted to get home.
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Even potted plants got to be a responsibility, like everything else you took care of that couldn't make decisions for itself.
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There was so much to talk about that nothing was said. It was warm sitting there on the steps. Everything seemed to be so right.
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Before she left, she said, "Just remember one thing: Going along with something doesn't mean you give in to it.[...]
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He did not confuse what he longed for with his gratitude for what he had. Extreme desires have their own sanctuary.
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And that night he couldn't sleep, but lay looking out at the light June night which was full of lonely whisperings and rustlings and the pattering of feet. The air was sweet with the smell of flowers.
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No one can depict desolation who hasn't inhabited desolation and observed it very closely. Things condemned have a terrible beauty.
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Mats har ingen hemmeligheter. Det er derfor han er s� hemmelighetsfull. Ingen m� forstyrre ham, han m� f� v�re uforstyrret i en forenklet og ren verden.
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Fly! ropade muminmamman. Polisen �r h�r! Hon visste inte vad hennes mumintroll hade gjort men var alldeles s�ker p� att hon gillade det.
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It takes a long time sometimes," she said, "It can take a terrible long time before things sort themselves out.
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She counted out five sweets and put them on a saucer. Then she went and put them on the ledge in the cliff to cheer him up.
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Everyone must imagine his own snakes because no one else's snakes can ever be as awful.
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Pearls' burst out the Snork Maiden excitedly. 'Could ankle rings be made out of pearls?' 'I should think they could,' said Moomintoll. 'Ankle-rings, and nose-rings and ear-rings and engagement rings...
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Akkurat n� tenker jeg p� nordlys. Man vet ikke om det finnes eller bare synes. Alt er meget usikkert, og det er nettopp det som beroliger meg.
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He read the classics, the French and the German among others, but primarily the Russian, which enchanted him with their heavy patience.
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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 realize that they had forgotten
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Hvis man pr�ver av alle krefter, til det ytterste, m� det ikke v�re hensikten som teller mest, teller mer enn hvordan det til slutt gikk?
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I mean, anyone can let Danger out but the really clever thing is finding somewhere for it to go afterwards.
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Moominpappa: "Tell us all that's happening out in the world!" Snufkin: "Fuss and misery." - from "Moomin and Family Life" comic strip
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They were always doing something. Quietly, without interruption, and with great concentration, they carried on with the hundred-and-one small things that made up their world.
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