Moomin Quotes

#1. The Hemulen slid down onto the grass completely exhausted.
"Oh!" he moaned. "There has never been anything but trouble and danger since I came into the Moomin family.

Tove Jansson

#2. Here is the most valuable thing in the whole of Moomin Valley, Groke! Do you know what has grown out of this hat? Raspberry juice and fruit trees, and the most beautiful little self-propelling clouds: the only Hobgoblin's Hat in the world!

Tove Jansson

#3. Moominpappa: "Tell us all that's happening out in the world!"
Snufkin: "Fuss and misery."
- from "Moomin and Family Life" comic strip

Tove Jansson

#4. I live in a Moomin house in East London which I fill with blankets and nice crockery and get people round for dinner. When you travel a lot, you feel rootless and adrift - this is my sanctuary, where I can breathe out.

Bat For Lashes

#5. Of course, Moomintrolls don't wear clothes, except sometimes in bed.

Tove Jansson

#6. My process started when I was born. The process is life experience. I believe that what makes you an artist, or at least an artist who can communicate the ideas that they want to get across, are people that have life experience.

Billy Bob Thornton

#7. It's only the sea,' said Moomintroll. 'Every wave that dies on the beach sings a little song to a shell. But you mustn't go inside because it's a labyrinth and you may never come out again.

Tove Jansson

#8. Mission exists because worship doesn't.

John Piper

#9. Garden: One of a vast number of free outdoor restaurants operated by charity-minded amateurs in an effort to provide healthful, balanced meals for insects, birds and animals.

Henry Beard

#10. Always forget to complain, but never forget to appreciate and compliment.

Debasish Mridha

#11. Only what God has commanded in His word should be regarded as binding; in all else there may be liberty of actions.

John Owen

#12. Our safety at home and the cause of freedom abroad is largely contingent upon our success in Iraq.

Ron Lewis

#13. Oh, I'm not afraid of death! What have I got to live for after all? I suppose you believe it's very wrong to kill a person who has injured you-even if they've taken away everything you had in the world?

Agatha Christie