There's no need to imagine that you're a wondrous beauty, because that's what you are..

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 a….

A person can find anything if he takes the time, that is, if he can afford to look. And while he's looking, he's free, and he finds things he never e….

All things are so very uncertain, and that's exactly what makes me feel reassured..

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 a….

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 ….

It’s only the sea,’ said Moomintroll. ‘Every wave that dies on the beach sings a little song to a shell. But you mustn’t go inside because it’s a lab….

You must go on a long journey before you can really find out how wonderful home is..

My bag was as light as my happy-go-lucky heart..

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 a….

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 f….

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 ….

Maybe my passion is nothing special, but at least it's mine..

‎''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 mak….

You can't ever be really free if you admire somebody too much..

One has to discover everything for oneself. And get over it all alone..

Anyway, solitary people interest me. There are so many different ways of being solitary.' 'I know just what you mean,' said X. 'I know exactly what y….

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 th….

Someone who eats pancakes and jam can't be so awfully dangerous. You can talk to him..

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….

One makes a trip by day, but by night one sets out on a journey..