Astrid Lindgren Quotes

A childhood without books – that would be no childhood. That would be like being shut out from the enchanted place where you can go and find the rarest kind of joy.

Give the children love, more love and still more love – and the common sense will come by itself.

I have never tried that before, so I think I should definitely be able to do that.

But Nightshirts aren't dangerous," Pippi assured her. "They don't bite anybody except in self defense.

But still, if it's true, how can it be a lie?

Don't you worry about me. I'll always come out on top.

I don't want to write for adults. I want to write for readers who can perform miracles. Only children perform miracles when they read.

He's the strongest man in the world.' 'Man, yes,' said Pippi, 'but I am the strongest girl in the world, remember that.

Men då sa Jonatan att det fanns saker som man måste göra, även om det var farligt. ’Varför då’, undrade jag. ’Annars är man ingen människa utan bara en liten lort’, sa Jonatan.

You understand Teacher, don't you, that when you have a mother who's an angel and a father who is a cannibal king, and when you have sailed on the ocean all your whole life, then you don't know just how to behave in school with all the apples and ibexes.

I have noticed several times that people don't think I know how to behave even when I'm trying as hard as I can.

„Lass dich nicht unterkriegen; sei frech und wild und wunderbar.

No Fridolf, bother all this learning. I can't study anymore because I must climb the mast to see what kind of weather we're going to have tomorrow.

If I have managed to brighten up even one gloomy childhood – then I’m satisfied.

The children came to a perfume shop. In the show window was a large jar of freckle salve, and beside the jar was a sign, which read: DO YOU SUFFER FROM FRECKLES? 'What does the sign say?' ask Pippi. She couldn’t read very well because she didn’t want to go to school as other children did. 'It says, "Do you suffer from freckles?"' said Annika. 'Does it indeed?' said Pippi thoughtfully. 'Well, a civil question deserves a civil answer. Let’s go in.' She opened the door and entered the shop, closely followed by Tommy and Annika. An elderly lady stood back of the counter. Pippi went right up to her. 'No!' she said decidedly. 'What is it you want?' asked the lady. 'No,' said Pippi once more. 'I don’t understand what you mean,' said the lady. 'No, I don’t suffer from freckles,' said Pippi. Then the lady understood, but she took one look at Pippi and burst out, 'But, my dear child, your whole face is covered with freckles!' 'I know it,' said Pippi, 'but I don’t suffer from them. I love them. Good morning.' She turned to leave, but when she got to the door she looked back and cried, 'But if you should happen to get in any salve that gives people more freckles, then you can send me seven or eight jars.

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But I can't kill anyone,' said Jonathan, 'you know that Orvar!' 'Not even if it means your life?' asked Orvar. 'No, not even then,' said Jonathan. Orvar couldn't understand this and Mattias hardly could, either. 'If everyone were like you,' said Orvar, 'then evil would rule for all eternity!' But then I said that if everyone were like Jonathan, then there would be no evil.

Aren't you going to dry the floor?' asked Annika. 'Oh, no, it can dry in the sun,' answered Pippi. 'I don't think it will catch cold so long as it keeps moving.

Men jag kan inte döda någon’, sa Jonatan, ’det vet du, Orvar!’ […] ’Om alla vore som du’, sa Orvar, ’då skulle ju ondskan få regera i all evinnerlighet!’ Men då sa jag att om alla vore som Jonatan, så skulle det inte finnas någon ondska.

The girl hurried away, but then Pippi shouted, "Did he have big ears that reached way down to his shoulders?" "No," said the girl and turned and came running back in amazement. "You don't mean to say that you have seen a man walk by with such big ears?" "I have never seen anyone who walks with his ears," said Pippi. "All the people I know walk with their feet.

Summer would not last forever; he knew it and Ronia knew it. But now they began to live as if it would, and as far as possible they pushed away all painful thoughts of winter.

As the children were sitting there eating pears, a girl came walking along the road from town. When she saw the children she stopped and asked, "Have you seen my papa go by?" "M-m-m," said Pippi. "How did he look? Did he have blue eyes?" "Yes," said the girl. "Medium large, not too tall and not too short?" "Yes," said the girl. "Black hat and black shoes?" "Yes, exactly," said the girl eagerly. "No, that one we haven't seen," said Pippi decidedly.

Why did you save Park's life, was that so good?' 'I don't know if it was such a good thing to do,' said Jonathan. 'But there are things you have to do, otherwise you're not a human being, just a piece of dirt. I've said this to you before.' 'But what if he'd realized who you were?' I said. 'And they had caught you!' 'Well, then they would've caught Lionheart and not a piece of dirt,' said Jonathan.

- Пустяки, дело житейское, - успокоил Малыша Карлсон. - Если человеку мешает жить только ореховая скорлупа, попавшая в ботинок, он может считать себя счастливым.

Then she yelled after the girl, 'No, we haven't seen any bald 'uns all days. But yesterday seventeen of 'em went by. Arm in arm!

Ge barnen kärlek, mera kärlek och ännu mera kärlek, så kommer folkvettet av sig själv.

Allt stort som skedde i världen skedde först i någon människas fantasi.

Instead, I ask you with all my heart, come back to Matt's fort with us now! It's not because I like you - don't think that, whatever you do! But, my daughter does - I know that now - and perhaps I can learn too.

Und wenn ich mal heirate, dann muss mein Mann zwei Bedingungen erfüllen: Er muss Bücher und Kinder lieben, alles andere ist nicht so wichtig. Ich meine, wie er aussieht und so. Obwohl es ja nicht schaden könnte, wenn er schöne Zähne hätte.

Kalle denkt—trotz der kostbaren Zeit—nach. Manchmal aber lohnt es sich, ein wenig Zeit für das Nachdenken zu opfern.

Das habe ich noch nie vorher versucht. Also bin ich völlig sicher, dass ich es schaffe!

Всичко хубаво, което се е случило на тази земя, първо се е случило в нечие въображение.

What should a good children’s book be like? If you ask me, I can tell you after thinking long and hard: It must be good.

Намирам, че мама е много чудновата, дето иска да си лягаме вечер, когато сме съвсем будни, а сутрин, когато спим, иска да ставаме.

Mit was für Blödsinn sich große Menschen beschäftigen.

Når man er ekstra stærk, har man en særlig forpligtelse til at være sød ved andre

Don't worry about me. I'll always come out on top.

Was wahres Glück ist, weiß ein Mann erst, wenn er verheiratet ist.“ “Das stimmt“, sagte Onkel Nilsson. “Und dann ist es zu spät.

Prawdziwie elegancka dama dłubie w nosie tylko gdy jest całkiem sama.

Man skall leva livet så att man blir vän med döden.

Yes, she was lonely, but she missed no one in particular. Whom could she miss? Her days were full of life and pleasure, but they passed so quickly.

But I'm the strongest girl in the world, don't forget.

Jag är så rädd att få ett hjärta av sten, för jag tror att det skaver i bröstet och gör ont.

Nieuwe boeken ruiken zo lekker; je kunt gewoon aan de reuk merken hoe fijn het moet zijn om ze te lezen.

Then he turned to the Master Rose Gardener and said something even more peculiar, “I enjoy the birds singing. I enjoy the music of the silver poplars.

it's definitely best for little children to have a regular life, especially if they can regulate it themselves.

Därför tänker jag bara vara kär i honom ungefär till torsdag, eller kanske fredag. Sen ska jag bli klok igen, men till dess, oj jag är så kär i honom så jag tror jag spricker!

Jag har inget emot att dö, bara inte i morgon, jag har en del jag skall göra först.

Pippi was sure that her mother was now up in Heaven, watching her little girl through a peephole in the sky, and Pippi often waved up at her and called, "Don't you worry about me. I'll always come out on top.

Well, well, so you aren't going to be a maidservant this time?" said Pippi, stroking his back. "Oh, that was a lie, that's true," she continued. "But still, if it's true, how can it be a lie?" she argued. "You wait and see, it's going to turn out he was a maidservant in Arabie after all, and if that's the case, I know who's making the meatballs at our house hereafter!

წარმოიდგინეთ, თვითონ ცა რა ლამაზი უნდა იყოს, თუ მისი უკუღმა მხარე ასე ლამაზია

Wer Böses plant, findet im Leben keine Rast und keine Ruh.

Es ist gut, eine Großmutter zu haben, besonders eine, die Spukgeschichten erzählen kann.

Någon ropade på mig i drömmen och jag seker honom långt i fjärran bortom bergen.

Красив съм аз и умен, и сръчен съм, и силен! Обичам да играя… И да си хапвам зная.

Alles war so überaus traurig, dass er beschloss, sich auf sein Bett zu legen und ein wenig darüber nachzudenken, wie traurig es eigentlich war.

Und tausend und abertausend Seelen werden in den Tod gehen...

Ronia felt no joy, and she wondered glumly if things could ever be as they had been before.

Det har jag aldrig provat förut, så det klarar jag säkert!

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Solen skiner, det är varmt och vackert, jorden kunde vara en ljuvlig plats att leva på. Klockan elva idag förklarade England Tyskland krig.

Geriau septyni tortai ir viena žvakutė, nei vienas tortas su septyniomis žvakutėmis...

I don't much like to do housework, you know.

- Сигурно си уморена, Лота. - Никак не съм уморена - заяви Лота. - Имам още много тичане в краката.

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At least, not in this country,' she added after a moment's thought. 'In China it's a little different. Once I saw a Chinaman in Shanghai. His ears were so big he could use them for a raincoat. When it rained, he just crept in under his ears and was warm and snug as could be. Not that the ears had such a rattling good time of it, you understand. If it was specially bad weather, he'd invite friends and acquaintances to pitch camp under his ears too. There they sat, singing their sorrowful songs while it poured down outside.

»Krümel Löwenherz«, sagte Jonathan, »hast du Angst?« »Nein … doch, ich habe Angst! Aber ich tue es trotzdem, Jonathan, ich tue es jetzt… jetzt… Und dann werde ich nie wieder Angst haben. Nie wieder Angst ha …« »Oh, Nangilima! Ja, Jonathan, ich sehe das Licht! Ich sehe das Licht!

As we were walking along, Britta took her book out of her schoolbag and smelled it. She let all of us smell it. New books smell so good you can tell how much fun it's going to be to read them.

Ihm wurde so wunderlich zumute. Warum wusste er nicht. Er wusste nicht, dass das, was er fast wie eine kleine Traurigkeit im Herzen spürte, nur die Schönheit und der Frieden des Sommerabends waren, nichts anderes. Diesen Sommer, sagte er und sah Ronja an — ja diesen Sommer werde ich bis an mein Lebensende in mir tragen.

- Tiedätkö mitä, Melker-setä? Jos et kerta osaa kirjoittaa niin, että minä ymmärrän, voit yhtä hyvin lopettaa.

Es macht gar nichts, wenn man ein krankes Bein hat. Denn im Land der Dämmerung kann man fliegen.

Не може ли да помолиш майка си да ни приготви вместо една торта с осем свещи, осем торти с една свещ?

Aber manchmal geschehen Wunder.

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I want to teach the horse to ski, but I’m blowed if I know whether he will need four skis, or only two.

Vieni niekai, gyvenime visaip atsitinka...

En bog bliver hvad den bliver, i samarbejdet mellem forfatter og læsere

We were close to him as never before, and this night was the night of our battle. I wondered if they knew, all those who had waited for thousands and thousands of years. I wondered if they knew that this was the night of the battle, and if they thought about me.

Jag kände, när jag låg där på bron, att jag var frisk och glad i varenda bit av mej, och varför behövde jag då vara vacker? Hela kroppen var ändå så lycklig så att det liksom bara skrattade i den.

Didn’t I say that wherever you went I was going too?” I asked. “Yes, that’s what you said,” said Jonathan, sounding quite pleased. “Because I want to be with you,” I said, “even in a bottomless pit in the underworld.

Birk sah sich um im Dämmerungswald und ihm wurde so wunderlich zumute. Warum wusste er nicht. Er wusste nicht, dass das was er fast wie eine kleine Traurigkeit im Herzen spürte nur die Schönheit und der Frieden des Sommerabends waren, nichts anderes. Diesen Sommer, sagte er und sah Ronja an — ja diesen Sommer werde ich bis an mein Lebensende in mir tragen.

Die Uhr ist ein kleines, rundes Ding, das tick-tack sagt und das geht und geht und niemals zur Tür kommt

Älä näytä tuommoiselta, Korppu", hän sanoi. "Eihän tämä ole yhtään mitään. Paljon pahempaa on tulossa!

Mutti, ich fühle mich so alt", sagte sie und weinte. "Ich fühle mich beinahe wie sechzehn.

Gdy wróciliśmy do tartaku, Lasse łaził po deskach z dużą białą kartką na plecach, na której było napisane: „Jestem taki głupi, że wszyscy mnie żałują".

Es war einer von jenen Abenden, wo man sich nach etwas sehnt, und man weiß nicht, wonach.

e scendeva velocemente lungo le colonnine della veranda e di tanto in tanto il cavallo sporgeva il muso

Oh! War broke out today. Nobody could believe it ... God help our poor planet in the grip of this madness!

Отдавна съм забелязал: колкото едно ядене е по-безвкусно, толкова е по-полезно. Бих искал да зная защо всички тия витамини ги има само в това, което не е вкусно?…

Vad är det för fel att vara lat? Tänk om det blev krig och ingen kom dit?

Und Rasmus bohrt seine Nase in Nickes Backe und flüstert: »Denn ich hab’ dich so lieb …« Da weint Nicke. Seit er ein Kind war, hat er nicht mehr geweint. Aber jetzt weint er. Weil er so müde ist und weil das erstemal in seinem Leben ein Mensch so etwas zu ihm sagt.

- Събирам лятото в себе си, тъй както дивите пчели събират мед - рече тя. - Събирам една голяма пита лято, от която да черпя живот, когато то вече е свършило. Знаеш ли какво има в нея? И заразказва на Бирк. - Това е неповторима пита, поела в себе си изгреви и боровинкови храсти, вътре са и луничките от твоите ръце, и лунната светлина, огряла вечер потока, и звездното небе, и гората в пладнешката жега, когато слънцето напича боровете, и ситният вечерен дъждец, и други такива работи, и катерички, лисици, зайци и елени, и всички диви коне, които познаваме, и плуването, и ездата в гората, да, виждаш ли - истинска пита, сбрала цялото лято!

The difference between your horse and your monkey?—I don’t know, I’m sure.’ ‘No, it is rather a tricky one,’ said Pippi. ‘But I’ll give you a clue. If you see them both under a tree and then one of them starts to climb it, it’s not the horse.

But I can’t kill anyone,” said Jonathan. “You know that, Orvar.” “Not even if it’s a question of your own life?” said Orvar. “No, not even then,” said Jonathan. Orvar couldn’t understand that, and neither could Mathias. “If everyone were like you,” said Orvar, “then evil would reign forever.” But then I said that if everyone were like Jonathan, there wouldn’t be any evil.

But I can't kill anyone,' said Jonathan, 'you know that Orvar!' 'Not even if it means your life?' asked Orvar. 'No, not even then,' said Jonathan. Orvar couldn't understand this and Mattias hardly could, either. 'If everyone were like you,' said Orvar, 'then evil would rule for all eternity!' But then I said that if everyone were life Jonathan, then there would be no evil.

En gang for lenge siden fikk jeg være med Benka ut til sommerstedet deres i Vaxholm: Da satt vi på en bergknaus og fisket akkurat da solen gikk ned. Himmelen var helt rød og vannet var så stille. Det var på den tiden da tornebuskene blomstret, og det vokste så mange nypetornbusker rett bak bergknausen. Og langt borte på den andre siden av bukta var det en gjøk som gol så høyt. Jeg tenkte med meg selv at dette må være det vakreste som finnes i verden.

- იქნებ სინამდვილეში ეს ყველაფერი წიგნებში წერია, - თქვა კალემ. - შენ რა, შეიშალე? - გაიოცა ანდერსმა. - იქნებ ჩვენ სულაც არ ვარსებობთ, - ოცნებით განაგრძო კალემ, - არამედ მხოლოდ და მხოლოდ ბავშვები ვართ წიგნიდან, რომელიც ვიღაცამ შექმნა. - ჰო, შენ შეიძლება მართლაც წიგნიდან ხარ, - გაგულისდა ანდერსი, - და სულაც არ გამიკვირდება, თუ შეცდომითა ხარ დაბეჭდილი, მაგრამ მე კი - არა, დაიმახსოვრე. - შენ არ გესმის... - თავისას არ იშლიდა კალე, - იქნებ შენ იმ წიგნის გმირი ხარ, მე რომ შევთხზე... - მოუსვი აქედან, - გაბრაზდა ანდერსი, - თუ ასეა, შენ ხარ ჩემი შეთხზული წიგნის გმირი და უკვე ვნანობ, რომ ოდესღაც გამოგიგონე. - საერთოდ კი, მომშივდა, - აღიარა კალემ.

Maar opeens kwam de zon te voorschijn en de nevels trokken op. De vogels in het bos begonnen te zingen en alles wat treurig en naar was verdween als bij toverslag, en het gevaarlijke leek niet zo gevaarlijk meer. Ik werd weer warm. De zonnestralen gaven al warmte. Het was allemaal veel minder erg, ja bijna goed.

- რა გქვია? - ჩორვენი, - მიპასუხა გოგონამ. ერთი უყურე! ნუთუ შეიძლება გერქვას ჩორვენი და იყო ასე დიდებული?! ("ჩორვენი" შვედურად ნიშნავს კუპატს.) - შენი ძაღლია? მან პირდაპირ თვალებში შემომხედა და მშვიდად მკითხა: - შენ იმის გაგება გინდა, ჩემია თუ არა ეს ძაღლი, თუ მისი სახელისა? - ორივესი, ორივესი, - ვუპასუხე სწრაფად. - ჩემი ძაღლია და ბოცმანი ჰქვია, - მითხრა მოწყალედ იმ დედოფალივით, თავის ოთხფეხ მეგობარს რომ აცნობს ვინმეს.

Älskade Lillebror, vad är det som har hänt", sa hon och slog armarna om honom. "Krister har kastat sten på mej", sa Lillebror argt. "Nej, vet nån vad", sa mamma, "en sån elak pojke! Varför kom du inte in och sa till mej?" Lillebror ryckte på axlarna. "Vad skulle det vara bra för? Du kan ju inte kasta sten. Du skulle inte kunna pricka rätt på en lagårdsvägg ens en gång." "Å, din lilla dumbom", sa mamma. "Inte tror du väl att jag tänkte kasta sten på Krister heller!" "Vad skulle du annars kasta", undrade Lillebror. "Det finns inget annat, åtminstone inget som är lika bra.