As the children were sitting there eating pears, a girl came walking along the road from town. When she saw the children she stopped and asked, "Have you seen my papa go by?" "M-m-m," said Pippi. "How did he look? Did he have blue eyes?" "Yes," said the girl. "Medium large, not too tall and not too short?" "Yes," said the girl. "Black hat and black shoes?" "Yes, exactly," said the girl eagerly. "No, that one we haven't seen," said Pippi decidedly.
You understand Teacher, don't you, that when you have a mother who's an angel and a father who is a cannibal king, and when you have sailed on the oc… - Astrid Lindgren
You understand Teacher, don't you, that when you have a mother who's an angel and a father who is a cannibal king, and when you have sailed on the oc…
- Astrid Lindgren
If I have brightened up one single sad childhood, then I have at least accomplished something in my life. - Astrid Lindgren
If I have brightened up one single sad childhood, then I have at least accomplished something in my life.
Don't let them get you down. Be cheeky. And wild. And wonderful. - Astrid Lindgren
Don't let them get you down. Be cheeky. And wild. And wonderful.
If I have managed to brighten up even one gloomy childhood – then I’m satisfied. - Astrid Lindgren
If I have managed to brighten up even one gloomy childhood – then I’m satisfied.
What the world of tomorrow will be like is greatly dependent on the power of imagination in those who are learning to read today. - Astrid Lindgren
What the world of tomorrow will be like is greatly dependent on the power of imagination in those who are learning to read today.
I don't mind dying, I'll gladly do that, but not right now, I need to clean the house first. - Astrid Lindgren
I don't mind dying, I'll gladly do that, but not right now, I need to clean the house first.
A childhood without books – that would be no childhood. That would be like being shut out from the enchanted place where you can go and find the rare… - Astrid Lindgren
A childhood without books – that would be no childhood. That would be like being shut out from the enchanted place where you can go and find the rare…
And so I write the way I myself would like the book to be – if I were a child. I write for the child within me. - Astrid Lindgren
And so I write the way I myself would like the book to be – if I were a child. I write for the child within me.
There is very little you can beat into a child, but no limit to what you can hug out of it. - Astrid Lindgren
There is very little you can beat into a child, but no limit to what you can hug out of it.
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