Moominland Midwinter Quotes

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

“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

“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.”
― Tove Jansson, Moominland Midwinter

“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?”
― Tove Jansson, Moominland Midwinter

“Kaikki on hyvin epävarmaa, ja juuri se tekee minut levolliseksi.
- Tuu-tikki”
― Tove Jansson, Moominland Midwinter

“How nice to be on your own for a bit and do what you like.”
― 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

“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

“It's a pity that exciting things always stop happening when you're not afraid of them anymore and would like to have a little fun.”
― Tove Jansson, Moominland Midwinter

“The world’s asleep,’ Moomintroll thought. ‘It’s only I who am awake and sleepless. It’s only I who have to wander and wander, day after day and week upon week, until I too become a snowdrift that no one will even know about.”
― Tove Jansson, Moominland Midwinter

“The Dweller Under the Sink had still not come out to eat but was probably living a secret and important life by himself.”
― Tove Jansson, Moominland Midwinter

“Strangely enough it was the most timid of them all, Salome the Little Creep, who really liked the Hemulen. She longed to hear him play the horn. But alas! The Hemulen was so big and always in such a hurry that he never noticed her.
No matter how fast she ran he always left her far behind, on his skis, and when she at last overtook the music, it ceased, and the Hemulen began doing something else.
A couple of times Salome the Little Creep tried to explain how much she admired him. But she was far too shy and ceremonious, and the Hemulen never had been a good listener.
So nothing of any consequence was said.”
― 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

“Изведнъж усети такава радост, че му се дощя да остане сам. Запъти се бавно към бараката за дърва.
А когато вече никой не го виждаше, хукна да бяга. Тичаше през кишавия сняг, със слънцето в гърба си, тичаше просто така, защото беше щастлив и не мислеше за абсолютно нищо.”
― Tove Jansson, Moominland Midwinter

“Пролетта идваше, но не както той си я бе представял през зимата. Не идваше като онази, дето щеше да го освободи от някакъв чужд и враждебен свят, а като естествено продължение на едно ново изживяване, което той надмогна и си присвои.”
― Tove Jansson, Moominland Midwinter

“Разкажи ми за снега- каза Муминтрол и се отпусна в татковия избелял от слънцето градински стол.- Просто не мога да го проумея.
Нито пък аз- увери го Тоо-тики. - Мислиш си, че е студен, а като направиш от него снежна къща, става топъл. Мислиш си, че е бял, а понякога става розов и друг път- син. Може да е най-мекото от всички неща, но може и да е по-твърд от камък. Нищо не е сигурно.”
― Tove Jansson, Moominland Midwinter

“Better not ask people about everything. They might like to keep their secrets to themselves.”
― Tove Jansson, Moominland Midwinter

“Life is very charming, I must say.”
― Tove Jansson, Moominland Midwinter

“Moominmamma scooped up a handful of snow and made a snowball. She threw it clumsily as mothers do, and it plopped to the ground not very far away.
'I'm no good at that,' said Moominmamma with a laugh. 'Even Sorry-oo would have made a better throw.'
'Mother, I love you terribly,' said Moomintroll.”
― Tove Jansson, Moominland Midwinter

“-Minun mielestäni ainoa, joka tästä lähtien voi asua siellä, on Tuu-tikki itse, sanoi Muumipeikon äiti. -Ja sitä paitsi uimahuone on aika porvarillinen laitos. Uimahousut voi aivan yhtä hyvin pukea ylleen rantahiekalla.”
― Tove Jansson, Moominland Midwinter

“Such things happen," said Too-ticky”
― Tove Jansson, Moominland Midwinter

“Зима! — думал Муми-тролль. — Ведь ее тоже можно полюбить!”
― 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

“Too-ticky shrugged her shoulders. 'One has to discover everything for oneself,' she replied. 'And get over it all alone.”
― Tove Jansson, Moominland Midwinter

“Then he tired.
He turned his back to the blizzard and stopped fighting it.
Not until then did Moomintroll notice that the wind felt warm. It carried him along into the whirling snow, it made him feel light and almost like flying.
"I'm nothing but air and wind, I'm part of the blizzard," Moomintroll thought and let himself go. "It's almost like last summer. You first fight the waves, then you turn around and ride the surf, sailing along like a cork amont the little rainbows of the foam, and land laughing and just a little frightened in the sand."
Moomintroll spread out his arms and flew.
"Frighten me if you can," he thought happily. "I'm wise to you now. You're no worse than anything else when one gets to know you. Now you won't be able to pull my leg anymore."
And the winder danced him all along the snowy shore, until he stumbled across the snowed-up landing stage and plowed his nose through a snowdrift. When he looked up, he saw a faint, warm light. It was the window of the bathing house.
"Oh, I'm saved," Moomintroll said tot himself, a little crestfallen. "It's a pity that exciting things always stop happening when you're not afraid of them anymore and would like to have a little fun.”
― Tove Jansson, Moominland Midwinter

“You first fight the waves, then you turn around and ride the surf, sailing along like a cork among the little rainbows of the foam, and land laughing and just a little frightened in the sand.”
― Tove Jansson, Moominland Midwinter

“I don’t belong here any more,’ Moomintroll thought. ‘Nor there. I don’t even know what’s waking and what’s a dream.’ And then in an instant he was asleep, and summer lilacs covered him in their friendly green shadow.”
― Tove Jansson, Moominland Midwinter