I need to write down my observations. Even the tiniest ones; they're the most important.

He was the owner of the moonlight on the ground, he fell in love with the most beautiful of the trees, he made wreaths of leaves and strung them around his neck.

Making a journey by night is more wonderful than anything in the world.

One must use the night.

One makes a trip by day, but by night one sets out on a journey.

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

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