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Mummy weighed sweets and nuts so that everyone would get exactly the same amount. During the year, everything is measured roughly, but at Christmas, it has to be absolutely fair. That's why it's such a strenuous time.

~Tove Jansson

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You can't ever be really free if you admire somebody too much.

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I wonder if the nursery and the chamber of horrors are as far apart as people think?

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On the morning, Daddy and I get up at six o'clock because Christmas trees must be bought in the dark. We walk to the other end of town, as the big harbour is just the right setting for buying a Christmas tree. We spend hours choosing, looking at every branch suspiciously. It's always cold.

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Nothing is as peaceful as when Christmas is over, when one has been forgiven for everything and can be normal again.

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It was the winter of war, in 1939. It felt completely pointless to try to create pictures... I suddenly felt an urge to write down something that was to begin with 'Once upon a time.'

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Biography

Nationality: Finnish

Type: Novelist

Born: August 9th, 1914

Died: June 27th, 2001

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