Hans Christian Andersen Quotes

Then she saw a star fall, leaving behind it a bright streak of fire. “Someone is dying,” thought the little girl, for her old grandmother, the only one who had ever loved her, and who was now dead, had told her that when a star falls, a soul was going up to God.

Each soldier was the living image of the others, but there was one who was a bit different. He had only one leg, for he was the last to be cast and the tin had run out. Still, there he stood, just as steadfast on his one leg as the others on their two; and he is the tin soldier we are going to hear about.

But a mermaid has no tears, and therefore she suffers so much more.

Life is like a beautiful melody, only the lyrics are messed up.

To be of use to the world is the only way to be happy.

Brave soldier, never fear. Even though your death is near.

It was clear to me, as I glanced back over my earlier life, that a loving Providence watched over me, that all was directed for me by a higher power.

Where words fail, music speaks.

The whole world is a series of miracles, but we're so used to them we call them ordinary things.

Most of the people who will walk after me will be children, so make the beat keep time with short steps.

Almighty God, thee only have I; thou steerest my fate, I must give myself up to thee! Give me a livelihood! Give me a bride! My blood wants love, as my heart does!

Time is so fleeting that if we do not remember God in our youth, age may find us incapable of thinking of him.

I know what you want. It is very stupid of you, but you shall have your way, and it will bring you to sorrow, my pretty princess. - The sea witch.

Being born in a duck yard does not matter, if only you are hatched from a swan's egg.

To travel is to live.

I only appear to be dead.