Adventures with Waffles Quotes

“Grandpa looked at me seriously and said that missing people is the best sad feeling there is.
"You see, Trille lad, if you're sad because you miss someone, then that means you care about that person. And caring about someone is the best thing there is. We carry the people we miss inside us.”
― Maria Parr, Adventures with Waffles

“Verás, Theíco, cuando estás triste porque echas de menos a alguien significa que quieres mucho a esa persona. Y querer a alguien es lo más bonito que hay en el mundo. La gente a la que echamos de menos, la llevamos dentro de nosotros”
― Maria Parr, Adventures with Waffles

“nicely.”
― Maria Parr, Adventures with Waffles

“Grandpa, I miss her dreadfully," I said in the end, starting to cry again.
Grandpa looked at me seriously and said that missing people is the best sad feeling there is.
"You see, Trille lad, if you're sad because you miss someone, then that means you care about that person. And caring about someone is the best thing there is. We carry the people we miss inside us." He put his hand to his chest with a thump.
"Oh..." I said, pulling my sleeve across my eyes. "But Grandpa, you can't play with people who are in there." I sighed, thumping my hand on my own chest.
Grandpa nodded heavily. He understood.”
― Maria Parr, Adventures with Waffles

“That evening I was so sad that I didn't know what to do. It was completely impossible to get to sleep. Dad must have understood, because he came up to my room long after he had said good night. He brought his guitar.
I didn't say anything. Neither did Dad, who sat on the edge of the bed. But after a while, he cleared his throat and began to play. He played the Trille tune, just like when I was tiny. It's my very own song, and it was Dad who wrote it. When he finished, he said that he'd written a brand-new song for me, called "Sad Son, Sad Dad."
"Do you want to hear it, Trille?"
I gave a tiny nod.
And as the wintry wind swirled around the house and everyone else slept, my dad played "Sad Son, Sad Dad." I almost couldn't see him because it was so dark. I just listened.
And suddenly I realized what dads are for.”
― Maria Parr, Adventures with Waffles

“Mom and Dad named me Theobald Rodrik. They regretted it afterward. It's not a good idea to give a small baby such a big name. But what's done is done. I've now been named Theobald Rodrik Danielsen Yttergard for nine years. That's quite a while. It's my whole life.”
― Maria Parr, Adventures with Waffles