- A person can find anything if he takes the time, that is, if he can afford to look. And while he's looking, he's free, and he finds things he never expected.
- One summer morning at sunrise a long time ago, I met a little girl with a book under her arm. I asked her why she was out so early and she answered that there were too many books and far too little time. And there, she was absolutely right.
- Do not tire, never lose interest, never grow indifferent - lose your invaluable curiosity and you let yourself die. It's as simple as that.
- You must go on a long journey before you can really find out how wonderful home is.
- I only want to live in peace, plant potatoes and dream!
- I love borders. August is the border between summer and autumn; it is the most beautiful month I know. Twilight is the border between day and night, and the shore is the border between sea and land. The border is longing: when both have fallen in love but still haven't said anything. The border is to be on the way. It is the way that is the most important thing.
- There are such a lot of things that have no place in summer and autumn and spring. Everything that's a little shy and a little rum. Some kinds of night animals and people that don't fit in with others and that nobody really believes in. They keep out of the way all the year. And then when everything's quiet and white and the nights are long and most people are asleep - then they appear.
- 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.
- Lie on the bridge and watch the water flowing past. Or run, or wade through the swamp in your red boots. Or roll yourself up and listen to the rain falling on the roof. It's very easy to enjoy yourself.
- Making a journey by night is more wonderful than anything in the world.
- The quiet transition from autumn to winter is not a bad time at all. It's a time for protecting and securing things and for making sure you've got in as many supplies as you can. It's nice to gather together everything you possess as close to you as possible, to store up your warmth and your thoughts and burrow yourself into a deep hole inside, a core of safety where you can defend what is important and precious and your very own. Then the cold and the storms and the darkness can do their worst. They can grope their way up the walls looking for a way in, but they won't find one, everything is shut, and you sit inside, laughing in your warmth and your solitude, for you have had foresight.
- It's always like this in adventures: to save and be saved. I wish somebody would write a story sometime about the people who warm up the heroes afterward.
- The thing about God is that He usually does help, but not until you've made an effort on your own.
- Someone who eats pancakes and jam can't be so awfully dangerous. You can talk to him.
- There's no need to imagine that you're a wondrous beauty, because that's what you are.
- I just look at things, and when I go away I carry them in my head. Then my hands are always free, because I don't have to carry a suitcase.
- Why do you smile all the time? Because I am looking at you.
- There are those who stay and others who leave, there has always been. Everyone is allowed to choose for themselves, but must be chosen in a timely manner and must never give up.
- t's funny about paths and rivers. You see them go by, and suddenly you feel upset and want to be somewhere else - wherever the path or the river is going, perhaps.
- One makes a trip by day, but by night one sets out on a journey.
- Smell is important. It reminds a person of all the things he's been through; it is a sheath of memories and security.
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