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Tove Jansson Biography

Tove Marika Jansson (Finland Swedish pronunciation: [ˈtuːve ˈjaːnsɔn] ( listen); 9 August 1914 – 27 June 2001) was a Swedish-speaking Finnish author, novelist, painter, illustrator and comic strip author. Brought up by artistic parents, Jansson studied art from 1930 to 1938 in Stockholm, Helsinki and then Paris. Her first solo art exhibition was in 1943. At the same time, she was writing short stories and articles for publication, as well as creating the graphics for book covers and other purposes. She continued to work as an artist for the rest of her life, alongside her writing.

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

Hear, Moomintrolls, Vomit, Want

All men have parties and are pals who never let each other down. A pal can say terrible things which are forgotten the next day. A pal never forgives, he just forgets, and a woman forgives but never forgets. That's how it is. That's why women aren't allowed to have parties. Being forgiven is very unpleasant.

Forgives, Let, Men, Next Day, Party, Unpleasant

Everyone must imagine his own snakes because no one else's snakes can ever be as awful.

Awful, Everyone, Imagine, Snakes

. . . now and then a giggling trail of mermaids appeared in our wake. We fed them oatmeal.

Fed, Funny, Giggling, Inspirational, Oatmeal, Trail

There are such a lot of things that have no place in summer and autumn and spring. Everything that’s a little shy and a little rum. Some kinds of night animals and people that don’t fit in with others and that nobody really believes in. They keep out of the way all the year. And then when everything’s quiet and white and the nights are long and most people are asleep—then they appear.

Believe, People, Shy, Spring, Summer, Year

She started thinking about all the euphemisms for death, all the anxious taboos that had always fascinated her. It was too bad you could never have an intelligent discussion on the subject. People were either too young or too old, or else they didn't have time.

Intelligent, People, Taboos, Thinking, Time

There are those who stay at home and those who go away, and it has always been so. Everyone can choose for himself, but he must choose while there is still time and never change his mind.

Change, Everyone, Going Away, Home, Mind, Stay

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.

Gathering, Looking, Peculiar, Picking, White

Before we left, Grandmother talked a lot about the arctic night we would fly through. 'Isn't it a mystical word, "arctic"? Pure and quite hard. And meridians. Isn't that pretty? We're going to fly along them, faster than the light can follow us. . . Time won't be able to catch us.

Catch, Grandmother, Light, Mystical, Night, Talked

You can't always be friendly. It's impossible, there isn't the time.

Friendly, Friendship, Impossible, Time

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.

Goes On, Grandmother, Likes, Said, Sophia

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

Hemulen, Know, Knows, Recognised, Slowly, Woke

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.

Adventure, Hero, Sigh, Warm, Wish, Writing

Look at The Adventure. A boat by night is a wonderful sight. This is the way to start a new life, with a hurricane lamp shining at the top of the mast, and the coastline disappearing behind one as the whole world lies sleeping. Making a journey by night is more wonderful than anything in the world.

Adventure, Lying, Making, Sleep, Start

Malander had an idea and was trying to work it out, but it would take him time. Sometimes people never saw things clearly until it was too late and they no longer had the strength to start again. Or else they forgot their idea along the way and didn't even realise that they forgotten.

Clearly, Ideas, Longer, People, Strength, Trying

When Mats came in the evenings, they would drink tea in the kitchen while reading their books and talking about them. If Katri came in, they were quiet and waited for her to leave. The back door would close, and Katri would have gone. “Does your sister read our books?” Anna wanted to know. “No. She reads literature.

Book, Books, Doors, Know, Read, Reading

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

My Passion, Nothing, Passion, Special

It was a particularly good evening to begin a book.

Begin, Book, Evening, Good Evening, Particularly

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

Doe, Effort, Helping, Thing, Thought, Usually

One has to discover everything for oneself. And get over it all alone.

All Alone, Discover, Everything, Oneself, Over It, Self Reliance

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