Maybe my passion is nothing special, but at least it's mine.

It was a particularly good evening to begin a book.

Everything's much too big here,' thought Moominmamma. 'Or perhaps I'm too small.

Someone who eats pancakes and jam can't be so awfully dangerous. You can talk to him.

It looks rather ordinary," said the Snork. "Unless you consider that a top hat is always somewhat extraordinary, of course.

Christmas always rustled. It rustled every time, mysteriously, with silver and gold paper, tissue paper and a rich abundance of shiny paper, decorating and hiding everything and giving a feeling of reckless extravagance.

All men have parties and are pals who never let each other down. A pal can say terrible things which are forgotten the next day. A pal never forgives, he just forgets, and a woman forgives but never forgets. That's how it is. That's why women aren't allowed to have parties. Being forgiven is very unpleasant.