Phrase by 'Tove Jansson'

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People idealise their animals, and at the same time they patronisingly overlook a dog's natural life - biting fleas, burying bones, rolling in garbage, barking up an empty tree all night... But what do they do themselves? Bury stuff that will rot in secret and then dig it up and bury it again and rant and rave under empty trees!

Author: Tove Jansson - Finnish Novelist
  Life , Time , Tree , Dog


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.

Author: Tove Jansson - Finnish Novelist
  Yourself , Red , Water , Rain


When one's dead, one's dead... This squirrel will become earth all in his time. And still later on, there'll grow new trees from him, with new squirrels skipping about in them. Do you think that's so very sad?

Author: Tove Jansson - Finnish Novelist
  You , Time , Think , Sad


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.

Author: Tove Jansson - Finnish Novelist
  People , World , Important , Theatre


Sometimes it's better to look at things than own them... owning means anxiety and lots of bags to carry around.

Author: Tove Jansson - Finnish Novelist
  Look , Sometimes , Better , Anxiety


Dogs are mute and obedient, but they have watched us and know us and can smell how pitiful we are.

Author: Tove Jansson - Finnish Novelist
  Know , How , Us , Smell


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

Author: Tove Jansson - Finnish Novelist
  You , Free , Too Much , Admire


Those damn Moomins. I don't want to hear about them any more. I could vomit on the Moomintrolls.

Author: Tove Jansson - Finnish Novelist
  More , Want , Hear , Damn


I wonder if the nursery and the chamber of horrors are as far apart as people think?

Author: Tove Jansson - Finnish Novelist
  People , Think , Wonder , I Wonder


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

Author: Tove Jansson - Finnish Novelist
  Day , Night , Out , Journey


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