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“Those in earthly purgatory, each day, have been engaging a death God for years...”
― The Raveness, Night Tide Musings

“As a mere mortal with thirty years of earthly wanderings, I have found books to be the most significant of my findings.”
― The Raveness

“The Devils have walked with me across many regions.”
― The Raveness, Night Tide Musings

“This world today makes one by the day a recluse”
― Sian Lavinia Anais Valeriana, Lavinia - Volume One

“She found it hard to believe that there would be any bold moves, because too many people had dirty flour in their bags, and people with filthy fingers are hardly enthusiastic about digging up the past.”
― Sofi Oksanen, Puhdistus

“- No haluatko sä ylipäätään tehdä mitään?
- Enpä kai.
- Kai sä haluat käydä jossain, nähdä ihmisiä?
- Emmä oikeestaan. Ei mulla ole kenellekään mitään asiaa. Ei oo mitään puhuttavaa kenellekään. Mitään puhuttavaa ei ole, kun ei näe ketään, tee mitään, käy missään.
- Pitäiskö sit käydä jossain ja tehdä jotain?
- Miks?
- No että olis jotain puhuttavaa.
- Mut emmä tiedä, haluanko mä puhua kenenkään kanssa. Miks mä puhuisin?”
― Sofi Oksanen, Baby Jane

“One summer morning at sunrise a long time ago
I met a little girl with a book under her arm.
I asked her why she was out so early and
she answered that there were too many books and
far too little time. And there she was absolutely right.”
― Tove Jansson

“I only want to live in peace, plant potatoes and dream!”
― Tove Jansson, Moomin: The Complete Tove Jansson Comic Strip, Vol. 01

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

“It is simply this: do not tire, never lose interest, never grow indifferent—lose your invaluable curiosity and you let yourself die. It's as simple as that.”
― Tove Jansson, Fair Play

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

- An Eightieth Birthday”
― Tove Jansson, Travelling Light

“All things are so very uncertain, and that's exactly what makes me feel reassured.”
― Tove Jansson, Moominland Midwinter

“You must go on a long journey before you can really find out how wonderful home is.”
― Tove Jansson, Comet in Moominland

“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.”
― Tove Jansson, Moominvalley in November