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

It is simply this: do not tire, never lose interest, never grow indifferent—lose your invaluable curiosity and you let yourself die. It's as simple as that.

Storms probably exist only because after them we can have a sunrise.

A person can find anything if he takes the time, that is, if he can afford to look. And while he's looking, he's free, and he finds things he never expected.

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

It’s only the sea,’ said Moomintroll. ‘Every wave that dies on the beach sings a little song to a shell. But you mustn’t go inside because it’s a labyrinth and you may never come out again.

There's no need to imagine that you're a wondrous beauty, because that's what you are.

There are those who stay at home and those who go away, and it has always been so. Everyone can choose for himself, but he must choose while there is still time and never change his mind.

You must go on a long journey before you can really find out how wonderful home is.

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

One has to discover everything for oneself. And get over it all alone.

He reflected. 'I know a lot of different kids of people what I want is to show each of them how the others really are. You hear so many lies!

I used to know Jennifer Love Hewitt. We lived in the same apartment building when I was about... jeez, I guess it was when I was doing 'Christmas Vacation', so I was about 13 or 14.

While weight loss is important, what's more important is the quality of food you put in your body - food is information that quickly changes your metabolism and genes.

A great tragedy passes from crest to hollow of passion, rises and sinks again, as rhythmically as sea-waves.

It's one of the secrets of strength: We're so much more likely to find it in the service of others than in service to ourselves.

Line by line, moment by moment, special times are etched into our memories in the permanent ink of everlasting love in our relationships.

This is the pure form of servitude: to exist as an instrument.

Nothing much happens without a dream. For something really great to happen, it takes a really great dream.

I turned down a lot of things that were so-called commercial. You're coming out of one film, and then they want you to be in the same one.

You don't have to conform to a very specific aesthetic today, whereas 1950s women definitely had to.