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Tove Jansson Quotes

Tove Jansson quotes about small

Finnish Novelist, Writer August 9, 1914 – June 27, 2001

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Small animals are a great problem. I wish God had never created small animals, or else that He had made them so they could talk, or else that He'd given them better faces. Space. Take moths. They fly at the lamp and burn themsleves, and then they fly right back again. It can't be instinct, because it isn't the way it works. They just don't understand, so they go right on doing it. Then they lie on their backs and all their legs quiver, and then they're dead. Did you get all that? Does it... Tove Jansson
They were always doing something. Quietly, without interruption, and with great concentration, they carried on with the hundred-and-one small things that made up their world. Tove Jansson
Some people just shouldn't be disturbed in their inclinations, whether large or small. A reminder can instantly turn enthusiasm into aversion and spoil everything. Tove Jansson
Tove Jansson quote: "Everything's much too big here,' thought Moominmamma. 'Or..."
Everything's much too big here,' thought Moominmamma. 'Or perhaps I'm too small. Tove Jansson

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