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It was simply that she was only fully alive when she devoted herself to her singular ability to draw, and when she drew she was naturally always alone.
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But he thought all the strange words were beautiful, and he had never had a book of his own before.
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Om man �r arg s� �r man arg, konstaterade lilla My och skalade sin potatis med t�nderna. Man ska vara arg ibland, vartenda knytt har r�tt att vara ilsket.
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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.
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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.
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And all you can do is just read," she said. She raised her voice an screamed, "You just read and read and read!" Then she threw herself down on the table and wept.
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There are those who stay at home and those who go away, and it has always been so. Everyone can choose for himself, but he must choose while there is still time and never change his mind.
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He was the owner of the moonlight on the ground, he fell in love with the most beautiful of the trees, he made wreaths of leaves and strung them around his neck.
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...now and then a giggling trail of mermaids appeared in our wake. We fed them oatmeal.
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It's funny about paths and rivers," he mused. "You see them go by, and suddenly you feel upset and want to be somewhere else--wherever the path or the river is going, perhaps.
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I need to write down my observations. Even the tiniest ones; they're the most important.
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Everything's much too big here,' thought Moominmamma. 'Or perhaps I'm too small.
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Quite, quite,' she thought with a little sigh. 'It's always like this in their adventures. To save and be saved. I wish somebody would write a story sometime about the people who warm up the heroes afterward.
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Smell is important. It reminds a person of all the things he's been through; it is a sheath of memories and security.
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Someone who eats pancakes and jam can't be so awfully dangerous. You can talk to him.
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Most of the people are homesick anyway, and a little lonely, and they hide themselves in their hair and are turned into flowers.
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It looks rather ordinary," said the Snork. "Unless you consider that a top hat is always somewhat extraordinary, of course.
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It is still summer, but the summer is no longer alive. It has come to a standstill; nothing withers, and fall is not ready to begin. There are no stars yet, just darkness.
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The thing about God, she thought, is that He usually does help, but not until you've made an effort on your own.
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But that's how it is when you start wanting to have things. Now, I just look at them, and when I go away I carry them in my head. Then my hands are always free, because I don't have to carry a suitcase.
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There's no need to imagine that you're a wondrous beauty, because that's what you are.
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The hemulen woke up slowly and recognised himself and wished he had been someone he didn't know.
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Lie on the bridge and watch the water flowing past. Or run, or wade through the swamp in your red boots. Or roll yourself up and listen to the rain falling on the roof. It's very easy to enjoy yourself.
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You must go on a long journey before you can really find out how wonderful home is.
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All things are so very uncertain, and that's exactly what makes me feel reassured.
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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
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It is simply this: do not tire, never lose interest, never grow indifferent—lose your invaluable curiosity and you let yourself die. It's as simple as that.
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