“A theatre is the most important sort of house in the world because tha...” — Tove Jansson Quote

“A theatre is the most important sort of house in the world because that's where people are shown what they could be if they wanted and what they'd like to be if they dared to and what they really are.”

“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?”

“On the morning, Daddy and I get up at six o'clock because Christmas trees must be bought in the dark. We walk to the other end of town, as the big harbour is just the right setting for buying a Christmas tree. We spend hours choosing, looking at every branch suspiciously. It's always cold.”

“The warmth that my country has shown me can't be matched.”

“My mother didn't try to stab my father until I was six, but she must have shown signs of oddness before that.”

“I've definitely experienced someone not being the person they've shown themselves to be online.”