Snufkin X Quotes

#1. I'm afraid we shall waste an awful lot of time."
"Don't worry," answered Snufkin, "we shall have wonderful dreams, and when we wake up it'll be spring.

Tove Jansson

#2. I have always painted pictures where human love floods my colors.

Marc Chagall

#3. You're an idiot," Snufkin said. "Or still worse, you're a story spoiler.

Tove Jansson

#4. I thought how wise he was to lure his rival out into the woods, where every fight's fair.

Peter Geye

#5. Imagination has a poor memory, it slinks away and gets blurry. Eyes remember much longer.

Kendare Blake

#6. Oh, dear me!" he lamented. "The raft has floated off and I suppose it's gone down that awful hole by now."
"Well, never mind. We're not on it," said Snufkin gaily. "What's a kettle here or there when you're out looking for a comet!

Tove Jansson

#7. The Hemulen, moaning piteously, thrust his nose into the sand. "This has gone too far!" he said. "Why can't a poor innocent botanist live his life in peace and quiet?"
"Life is not peaceful," said Snufkin, contentedly.

Tove Jansson

#8. We had a much deeper sense of community in '67 than we do in '97. This is important to say that not in a nostalgic way because it's not as if '67 was a time when things were so good.

Cornel West

#9. Don't savor temptations; don't dwell on them or toy with them or replay them over and over in your mind. The more you think about a particular temptation, the more enticing it becomes.

Billy Graham

#10. The voice of the waves was now mixed with strange sounds; laughter, running feet and the clanging of great bells far out to sea. Snufkin lay still and listened. dreaming and remembering his trip round world. Soon I must set out again, he thought. But not yet.

Tove Jansson

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

Tove Jansson

#12. The main thing in life is to know your own mind.

Tove Jansson