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Quotes About Understanding

I mean, something has to go wrong before you know a law is called for. (Hodgkins)
~ Tove Jansson
Tro på mig bara. Jag är förskräckligt klok!
~ Tove Jansson
Ja, det forstår jeg. En går helst bare ut når en må. Eller når en har lyst. Det er vel best å vente, og kjenne etter.
~ Tove Jansson
Minun täytyy saada Kampsu ymmärtämään, hän ajatteli. Minun täytyy saada joku ymmärtämään, että pelkään, joku joka voi vastata ja sanoa, että tietenkin pelkäät, käsitän sen erinomaisen hyvin. Tai vaikkapa: Mutta hyvä ystävä, mitä pelättävää sinulla on? Näin kauniina, tyynenä kesäpäivänä? Kummin tahansa, mutta jotenkin.
~ Tove Jansson
Clever of you, Hemul. But, on the other hand, think how lonely the Groke is because nobody likes her, and she hates everybody. The Contents is perhaps the only thing she has. Would you now take that away from her too -- lonely and rejected in the night?" Sniff became more and more affected and his voice trembled. "Cheated out of her only possession by Thingumy and Bob." He blew his nose and couldn't go on.
~ Tove Jansson
Love and kisses to those too old and too young to come to the party.
~ Tove Jansson
Jeg vil have Mappe tilbage! råbte Sophia. Men du ved jo, hvordan det bliver, sagde farmoren. Det bliver rædsomt, sagde Sophia alvorligt. Men det er Mappe, jeg elsker. Og så byttede de kat igen.
~ Tove Jansson
Dlaczego nie pozwolÄ… mi nigdy zachowa? moich wspomnieÅ" o wÄ™drówkach tylko dla siebie? Czy nie mogÄ… zrozumie?, ?e gadaniem niszczÄ… wszystko? JeÅ›li im opowiadam, to potem nic nie zostaje. PamiÄ™tam tylko swoje wÅ'asne opowiadanie, kiedy staram siÄ™ przypomnie? sobie, jak byÅ'o.
~ Tove Jansson
Pappan tystnade och började bekymrad bläddra i memoarerna. Tycker ni jag har använt för ovanliga ord? frågade han. Det gör nog inget, sa Mumintrollet. Det var ju för så länge sen och man kan nästan gissa vad du menar.
~ Tove Jansson
It's a beautiful thought, to meet a writer only in her books.
~ Tove Jansson
Grandmother thought for a moment, and then she said that superstitious was when you didn't try to explain things that couldn't be explained.
~ Tove Jansson
Mari," said Jonna, "sometimes you're really a little too obvious." "Do you think? But once in a while a person just needs to say what doesn't need to be said. Don't you think?
~ Tove Jansson
Of course you have to feel free. Naturally you must go away. I do understand that you have to be alone sometimes. (Moomintroll to Snufkin)
~ Tove Jansson
Better not ask people about everything. They might like to keep their secrets to themselves.
~ Tove Jansson
It looks as if neither of us will ever convince the other. But do we need to?" "No, the other person only needs to listen and understand." "I can accept that." - The Hothouse
~ Tove Jansson
Myötätunnostani huolimatta en kuitenkaan pystynyt syventymään hänen ongelmiinsa - niin, kaikesta huolimatta on muutamia harvoja aloja, joilla lahjakkuuteni ei ole sitä tasoa kuin voisi odottaa, ja yksi niistä on koneoppi.
~ Tove Jansson
You can believe what you like, but you must learn to be tolerant." "What does that mean?" asked the child sullenly. "That means respecting other people's convictions." What are convictions?" Sophia screamed and stamped her foot. "Letting others believe what they want to believe!" her grandmother shouted back. (p.38)
~ Tove Jansson
V? tr? có m?t ý ngh?a, và chính con ng??i, khi hi?u nó, ?ã trao cho nó cái ý ngh?a ?ó.
~ Unknown
or even You're right, or maybe I'm a giant idiot and I wouldn't be offended if you abandoned me here. But instead, "You were taking forever
~ Unknown
Love is not the answer to everything, but it creates a climate of security in which we can seek answers to those things that bother us. In the security of love, a couple can discuss differences without condemnation. Conflicts can be resolved. Two people who are different can learn to live together in harmony. We discover how to bring out the best in each other. Those are the rewards of love.
~ Unknown
When you're in another country, remember to do as the locals do, since it is your ways that may seem strange of offensive to them.
~ Unknown
If the people would bother to learn about the cultures instead of condemning them, they might not be afraid.
~ Tracie Peterson
You all right?" She looked up to find William Barnett watching her from the back door. "I'm fine. Why do you ask?" "It looked like you were scowling. I figured either you were thinking of me or something was wrong.
~ Tracie Peterson
A Bible verse came to mind. Proverbs three, verse five. Trust in the Lord with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine own understanding.
~ Tracie Peterson