Tove Janssonová citáty

„Väčšina ľudí je napriek tomu nostalgická a trochu osamelá a skrývajú sa za vlasmi a premieňajú sa na kvety.“

„Možno moja vášeň nie je ničím špeciálna, ale aspoň je moja.“

„Musím sa trochu upokojiť, inak vybuchnem šťastím.“

“I love borders. August is the border between summer and autumn; it is the most beautiful month I know.

Twilight is the border between day and night, and the shore is the border between sea and land. The border is longing: when both have fallen in love but still haven't said anything. The border is to be on the way. It is the way that is the most important thing.”

Tove Janssonová: Citáty v angličtine

“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”

“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.”

Tove Jansson kniha Moominsummer Madness

Zdroj: Moominsummer Madness

“I only want to live in peace, plant potatoes and dream!”

Tove Jansson kniha Comet in Moominland

Zdroj: Comet in Moominland

“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.”

Zdroj: Moomin: The Complete Tove Jansson Comic Strip, Vol. 1

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

Tove Jansson kniha Fair Play

Zdroj: Fair Play

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

Tove Jansson kniha Comet in Moominland

Zdroj: Comet in Moominland

“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 that there were too many books and
far too little time. And there she was absolutely right.”

Tove Jansson kniha Finn Family Moomintroll

Zdroj: Finn Family Moomintroll

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

“I'll have to calm down a bit. Or else I'll burst with happiness”

Tove Jansson kniha Moominland Midwinter

Zdroj: Moominland Midwinter

“Gathering is peculiar, because you see nothing but what you're looking for. If you're picking raspberries, you see only what's red, and if you're looking for bones you see only the white. No matter where you go, the only thing you see is bones.”

Tove Jansson kniha Moominsummer Madness

Zdroj: Moominsummer Madness

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

Tove Jansson kniha The Summer Book

Zdroj: The Summer Book

“It's funny about love', Sophia said. 'The more you love someone, the less he likes you back.'
'That's very true,' Grandmother observed. 'And so what do you do?'
'You go on loving,' said Sophia threateningly. 'You love harder and harder.”

Zdroj: Travelling Light

“It was a particularly good evening to begin a book.”

Tove Jansson kniha The Summer Book

Zdroj: The Summer Book

“The hemulen woke up slowly and recognised himself and wished he had been someone he didn't know.”

Tove Jansson kniha The Summer Book

Zdroj: The Summer Book

“Most of the people are homesick anyway, and a little lonely, and they hide themselves in their hair and are turned into flowers.”

Tove Jansson kniha Moominvalley in November

Zdroj: Moominvalley in November

“Smell is important. It reminds a person of all the things he's been through; it is a sheath of memories and security.”

Zdroj: Sculptor's Daughter

“It looks rather ordinary," said the Snork. "Unless you consider that a top hat is always somewhat extraordinary, of course.”

Tove Jansson kniha The Summer Book

Zdroj: The Summer Book

“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.”

Tove Jansson kniha Finn Family Moomintroll

Zdroj: Finn Family Moomintroll

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

Tove Jansson kniha The Summer Book

Zdroj: The Summer Book

“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.”

Tove Jansson kniha Tales from Moominvalley

Zdroj: Tales from Moominvalley

“The thing about God, she thought, is that He usually does help, but not until you've made an effort on your own.”

Tove Jansson kniha Moominvalley in November

Zdroj: Moominvalley in November

“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.”

Tove Jansson kniha The Summer Book

Zdroj: The Summer Book

“It’s strange,” Moominmamma thought. “Strange that people can be sad, and even angry because life is too easy. But that’s the way it is, I suppose. The only thing to do is to start life afresh.”

Tove Jansson kniha Moominland Midwinter

Zdroj: Moominland Midwinter

“Making a journey by night is more wonderful than anything in the world.”

Tove Jansson kniha Moominpappa at Sea

Zdroj: Moominpappa at Sea

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

Tove Jansson kniha Moominpappa at Sea

Zdroj: Moominpappa at Sea

“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.”

Tove Jansson kniha Moominsummer Madness

Zdroj: Moominsummer Madness

“I need to write down my observations. Even the tiniest ones; they're the most important.”

Tove Jansson kniha The Summer Book

Zdroj: The Summer Book

“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.”

Zdroj: Art in Nature

“Everything's much too big here,' thought Moominmamma. 'Or perhaps I'm too small.”

Tove Jansson kniha Comet in Moominland

Zdroj: Comet in Moominland