Pippi Longstocking Quotes

“The children came to a perfume shop. In the show window was a large jar of freckle salve, and beside the jar was a sign, which read: DO YOU SUFFER FROM FRECKLES?

'What does the sign say?' ask Pippi. She couldn’t read very well because she didn’t want to go to school as other children did.

'It says, "Do you suffer from freckles?"' said Annika.

'Does it indeed?' said Pippi thoughtfully. 'Well, a civil question deserves a civil answer. Let’s go in.'

She opened the door and entered the shop, closely followed by Tommy and Annika. An elderly lady stood back of the counter. Pippi went right up to her. 'No!' she said decidedly.

'What is it you want?' asked the lady.

'No,' said Pippi once more.

'I don’t understand what you mean,' said the lady.

'No, I don’t suffer from freckles,' said Pippi.

Then the lady understood, but she took one look at Pippi and burst out, 'But, my dear child, your whole face is covered with freckles!'

'I know it,' said Pippi, 'but I don’t suffer from them. I love them. Good morning.'

She turned to leave, but when she got to the door she looked back and cried, 'But if you should happen to get in any salve that gives people more freckles, then you can send me seven or eight jars.”
― Astrid Lindgren, Pippi Longstocking

“I have never tried that before, so I think I should definitely be able to do that.”
― Astrid Lindgren, Pippi Longstocking

“But Nightshirts aren't dangerous," Pippi assured her. "They don't bite anybody except in self defense.”
― Astrid Lindgren, Pippi Longstocking

“But still, if it's true, how can it be a lie?”
― Astrid Lindgren, Pippi Longstocking

“Don't you worry about me. I'll always come out on top.”
― Astrid Lindgren, Pippi Longstocking

“You understand Teacher, don't you, that when you have a mother who's an angel and a father who is a cannibal king, and when you have sailed on the ocean all your whole life, then you don't know just how to behave in school with all the apples and ibexes.”
― Astrid Lindgren, Pippi Longstocking

“He's the strongest man in the world.'

'Man, yes,' said Pippi, 'but I am the strongest girl in the world, remember that.”
― Astrid Lindgren, Pippi Longstocking

“I have noticed several times that people don't think I know how to behave even when I'm trying as hard as I can.”
― Astrid Lindgren, Pippi Longstocking

“„Lass dich nicht unterkriegen; sei frech und wild und wunderbar.”
― Astrid Lindgren, Pippi Longstocking

“The girl hurried away, but then Pippi shouted, "Did he have big ears that reached way down to his shoulders?"
"No," said the girl and turned and came running back in amazement. "You don't mean to say that you have seen a man walk by with such big ears?"
"I have never seen anyone who walks with his ears," said Pippi. "All the people I know walk with their feet.”
― Astrid Lindgren, Pippi Longstocking

“As the children were sitting there eating pears, a girl came walking along the road from town. When she saw the children she stopped and asked, "Have you seen my papa go by?"
"M-m-m," said Pippi. "How did he look? Did he have blue eyes?"
"Yes," said the girl.
"Medium large, not too tall and not too short?"
"Yes," said the girl.
"Black hat and black shoes?"
"Yes, exactly," said the girl eagerly.
"No, that one we haven't seen," said Pippi decidedly.”
― Astrid Lindgren, Pippi Longstocking

“No Fridolf, bother all this learning. I can't study anymore because I must climb the mast to see what kind of weather we're going to have tomorrow.”
― Astrid Lindgren, Pippi Longstocking

“Imagine,”
― Astrid Lindgren, Pippi Longstocking

“Aren't you going to dry the floor?' asked Annika.

'Oh, no, it can dry in the sun,' answered Pippi. 'I don't think it will catch cold so long as it keeps moving.”
― Astrid Lindgren, Pippi Longstocking

“At least, not in this country,' she added after a moment's thought. 'In China it's a little different. Once I saw a Chinaman in Shanghai. His ears were so big he could use them for a raincoat. When it rained, he just crept in under his ears and was warm and snug as could be. Not that the ears had such a rattling good time of it, you understand. If it was specially bad weather, he'd invite friends and acquaintances to pitch camp under his ears too. There they sat, singing their sorrowful songs while it poured down outside.”
― Astrid Lindgren, Pippi Longstocking

“Well, well, so you aren't going to be a maidservant this time?" said Pippi, stroking his back. "Oh, that was a lie, that's true," she continued. "But still, if it's true, how can it be a lie?" she argued. "You wait and see, it's going to turn out he was a maidservant in Arabie after all, and if that's the case, I know who's making the meatballs at our house hereafter!”
― Astrid Lindgren, Pippi Longstocking

“Then she yelled after the girl, 'No, we haven't seen any bald 'uns all days. But yesterday seventeen of 'em went by. Arm in arm!”
― Astrid Lindgren, Pippi Longstocking

“Das habe ich noch nie vorher versucht. Also bin ich völlig sicher, dass ich es schaffe!”
― Astrid Lindgren, Pippi Langstrumpf

“Når man er ekstra stærk, har man en særlig forpligtelse til at være sød ved andre”
― Astrid Lindgren, Pippi Longstocking

“Don't worry about me. I'll always come out on top.”
― Astrid Lindgren, Pippi Longstocking

“But I'm the strongest girl in the world, don't forget.”
― Astrid Lindgren, Pippi Longstocking

“forbidden”
― Astrid Lindgren, Pippi Longstocking

“Светът е пълен с разни неща и наистина има нужда някой да ги потърси и намери. Именно това правят нещотърсачите.”
― Астрид Линдгрен, Pippi Longstocking

“e scendeva velocemente lungo le colonnine della veranda e di tanto in tanto il cavallo sporgeva il muso”
― Astrid Lindgren, Pippi Calzelunghe

“Pippi miró pensativa a Tommy. Al fin dijo:
- A veces hablas con tanto juicio que me temo que un día te veré convertido en una persona mayor.”
― Astrid Lindgren, Pippi Calzelunghe

“Pippi stroking his back. ‘Bosh, that was a true fib,’ she added. ‘But if it was true, how could it be a fib? Perhaps when all’s said and done, he really has been a butler in Sourabaya, after all! Well, if that’s so, I know who’s going”
― Astrid Lindgren, Pippi Longstocking

“Pippilotta Victoriaria Tea-cozy Apple-minta Ephraim’s-daughter Longstocking,”
― Astrid Lindgren, Pippi Longstocking

“...сонце почало спускатися до обрію, щоб зануритися в безмежний простір південних морів...

Пеппі Довгапанчоха в південних морях. Пеппі сходить на берег”
― Астрід Ліндґрен, Pippi Longstocking

“Да, знать, что из всякого путешествия можно вернуться домой, очень- очень приятно.”
― Астрид Линдгрен, The Adventures of Pippi Longstocking: Pippi Longstocking / Pippi goes on Board / Pippi in the South Seas

“Ведь у вас, я надеюсь, есть не только глаза, но и уши. И если мой вид доставляет радость глазам, то несправедливо лишать ваши уши такого же удовольствия.”
― Астрид Линдгрен, The Adventures of Pippi Longstocking: Pippi Longstocking / Pippi goes on Board / Pippi in the South Seas