{"author":"Tove Jansson","author_id":"Tove+Jansson","total_quotes":63,"quotes":[{"text":"Thingumy and Bob sighed contentedly and settled down to contemplate the precious stone. They stared in silent rapture at it.The ruby changed colour all the time. At first it was quite pale, and then suddenly a pink glow would flow over it like sunrise on a snow capped mountain -- and then again crimson flames shot out of its heart and it seemed like a great black tulip with stamens on fire.","author":"Tove Jansson","tags":["beautiful","gems","king-s-ruby","precious","rubies"],"id":2161,"author_id":"Tove+Jansson"},{"text":"The star we're looking for isn't so very friendly,' said Moomintroll. 'Quite the contrary, in fact.'What did you say?' said Sniff.Moomintroll went a bit red. 'I mean -- stars in general,' he said, 'big and small, friendly and unfriendly, and so on.'Can they be unfriendly?' asked Snufkin.'Yes -- ones with tails,' answered Moomintroll. 'Comets.'At last it dawned on Sniff. 'You're hiding something from me!' he said accusingly. 'That pattern we saw everywhere, and you said it didn't mean anything!'You're too small to be told everything,' answered Moomintroll.'Too small!' screamed Sniff. 'I must say it's a fine thing to take me on an expedition of discovery and not tell me what I'm supposed to be discovering!","author":"Tove Jansson","tags":["comets","danger","discoverers","expeditions","shooting-stars","sniff"],"id":2383,"author_id":"Tove+Jansson"},{"text":"Clever of you, Hemul. But, on the other hand, think how lonely the Groke is because nobody likes her, and she hates everybody. The Contents is perhaps the only thing she has. Would you now take that away from her too -- lonely and rejected in the night?' Sniff became more and more affected and his voice trembled. 'Cheated out of her only possession by Thingumy and Bob.' He blew his nose and couldn't go on.","author":"Tove Jansson","tags":["groke","loneliness"],"id":17828,"author_id":"Tove+Jansson"},{"text":"But when people understand one another without speaking, it can often leave them with very little to talk about, don’t you think?","author":"Tove Jansson","tags":["relationships","speaking","talk","understanding"],"id":40625,"author_id":"Tove+Jansson"},{"text":"If you're not afraid, how can you be really brave?","author":"Tove Jansson","tags":["bravery","fear"],"id":42608,"author_id":"Tove+Jansson"},{"text":"Можно лежать на мосту и смотреть, как течет вода. Или бегать, или побродить по болоту в красных сапожках, или же свернуться клубочком и слушать, как дождь стучит по крыше. Быть счастливой очень легко.","author":"Tove Jansson","tags":["happiness","life-lessons"],"id":59995,"author_id":"Tove+Jansson"},{"text":"Christmas always rustled. It rustled every time, mysteriously, with silver and gold paper, tissue paper and a rich abundance of shiny paper, decorating and hiding everything and giving a feeling of reckless extravagance.","author":"Tove Jansson","tags":["time","gold","giving "],"id":81042,"author_id":"Tove+Jansson"},{"text":"Now everything was changed. She walked about with cautious, anxious steps, staring constantly at the ground, on the lookout for things that crept and crawled. Bushes were dangerous, and so were sea grass and rain water. There were little animals everywhere. They could turn up between the covers of a book, flattened and dead, for the fact is that creeping animals, tattered animals, and dead animals are with us all our lives, from beginning to end. Grandmother tried to discuss this with her, to no avail. Irrational terror is so hard to deal with. [p. 136].","author":"Tove Jansson","tags":["fear"],"id":89347,"author_id":"Tove+Jansson"},{"text":"You were talking about the wind,' the Fillyjonk said suddenly. 'A wind that carries off your washing. But I'm speaking about cyclones. Typhoons, Gaffsie dear. Tornadoes, whirlwinds, sandstorms... Flood waves that carry houses away... But most of all I'm talking about myself and my fears, even if I know that's not done. I know everything will turn out badly. I think about that all the time. Even while I'm washing my carpet. Do you understand that? Do you feel the same way?","author":"Tove Jansson","tags":["anxiety","fear"],"id":89793,"author_id":"Tove+Jansson"},{"text":"I wish I was more Moomin-minded.","author":"Tove Jansson","tags":["joyful-living","optimism","spontaneity"],"id":100078,"author_id":"Tove+Jansson"}],"pagination":{"page":1,"page_size":10,"total":63,"pages":7,"next":"?page=2\u0026page_size=10"}}