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Tove Jansson Quotes

Total quotes: 7
“I love borders. August is the border between summer and autumn; it is the most beautiful month I know.”
— Tove Jansson, Moominvalley in November
Tagged: Life, Borders, Summer, Fall
“You can’t ever be really free if you admire somebody too much.”
— Tove Jansson, Tales from Moominvalley
Tagged: Idolatry
“Maybe my passion is nothing special, but at least it’s mine.”
— Tove Jansson, Travelling Light
Tagged: Passion, Self Confidence, Inspirational, Motivational
“It’s funny about love, [she] said. The more you love someone, the less [they] like you back.

That’s very true, Grandmother observed. And so what do you do?

You go on loving, [she] said threateningly. You love harder and harder.”
— Tove Jansson, The Summer Book
Tagged: Love, Never Give Up, Loving Someone
“I want to do what I feel like doing, and I want.”
— Tove Jansson, Tales from Moominvalley
Tagged: Desire, Passion, Fulfilling dreams
“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, Sculptor's Daughter
Tagged: Books, Homesickness, Loneliness, Philosophy, hair, Flowers, Love, Relationships, Life In Transit
“The quiet transition from autumn to winter is not a bad time at all. It’s a time for protecting and securing things and for making sure you’ve got in as many supplies as you can. It’s nice to gather together everything you possess as close to you as possible, to store up your warmth and your thoughts and burrow yourself into a deep hole inside, a core of safety where you can defend what is important and precious and your very own. Then the cold and the storms and the darkness can do their worst. They can grope their way up the walls looking for a way in, but they won’t find one, everything is shut, and you sit inside, laughing in your warmth and your solitude, for you have had foresight.”
— Tove Jansson, Moominvalley in November
Tagged: Seasons, Coziness, Possesions, Safety, Solitude
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