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“I have lived a thousand lives and I’ve loved a thousand loves. I’ve walked on distant worlds and seen the end of time. Because I read.”
― George R.R. Martin

“A reader lives a thousand lives before he dies, said Jojen. The man who never reads lives only one.”
― George R.R. Martin, A Dance with Dragons

“Sleep is good, he said, and books are better.”
― George R. R. Martin

“You can't ever be really free if you admire somebody too much.”
― Tove Jansson, Tales from Moominvalley

“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.”
― Tove Jansson, Moominland Midwinter

“You believe it's cold, but if you build yourself a snowhouse it's warm. You think it's white, but at times it looks pink, and another time it's blue. It can be softer than anything, and then again harder than stone. Nothing is certain.”
― Tove Jansson, Moominland Midwinter

“Du skjønner, det er så mye som ikke for plass om sommeren og høsten og våren", sa hun. "Alle som er litt sjenerte og litt rare. Forskjellige slags nattdyr og folk som ikke passer inn noen steder, og som ingen tror på. De holder seg unna hele året. Og så, når det er helt stille og hvitt og nettene blir lange og alle har gått i hi - da kommer de fram.”
― Tove Jansson, Moominland Midwinter

“Akkurat nå tenker jeg på nordlys. Man vet ikke om det finnes eller bare synes. Alt er meget usikkert, og det er nettopp det som beroliger meg.”
― Tove Jansson, Moominland Midwinter

“The winter probably was peopled with strange creatures who acted mysteriously and freakishly.”
― Tove Jansson, Moominland Midwinter

“The sea lay asleep under the ice, and deep down among the roots of the earth all small beasts were sleeping and dreaming of spring.”
― Tove Jansson, Moominland Midwinter

“And when nobody could see him any longer he broke into a run. He ran through the melting snow, with the sun warming his back. He ran simply because he was happy, with nothing at all to think about.”
― Tove Jansson, Moominland Midwinter

“Allting är mycket osäkert, och det är just det som lugnar mig.”
― Tove Jansson, Moominland Midwinter