Quotes by Astrid Lindgren

About Astrid Lindgren:

Astrid Anna Emilia Lindgren is best known for children's book series featuring Pippi Longstocking, Emil i Lönneberga, Karlsson-on-the-Roof, and the Six Bullerby Children (Children of Noisy Village in the US) - as well as her children's fantasy novels Mio min Mio, Ronia the Robber's Daughter and The Brothers Lionheart.
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Und wenn ich mal heirate, dann muss mein Mann zwei Bedingungen erfüllen: Er muss Bücher und Kinder lieben, alles andere ist nicht so wichtig. Ich meine, wie er aussieht und so. Obwohl es ja nicht schaden könnte, wenn er schöne Zähne hätte.

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Men då sa Jonatan att det fanns saker som man måste göra, även om det var farligt. ’Varför då’, undrade jag. ’Annars är man ingen människa utan bara en liten lort’, sa Jonatan.

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Men jag kan inte döda någon’, sa Jonatan, ’det vet du, Orvar!’ […] ’Om alla vore som du’, sa Orvar, ’då skulle ju ondskan få regera i all evinnerlighet!’ Men då sa jag att om alla vore som Jonatan, så skulle det inte finnas någ...

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it's definitely best for little children to have a regular life, especially if they can regulate it themselves.

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You understand Teacher, don't you, that when you have a mother who's an angel and a father who is a cannibal king, and when you have sailed on the ocean all your whole life, then you don't know just how to behave in school with all the apples and ibe...

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I have noticed several times that people don't think I know how to behave even when I'm trying as hard as I can.

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He's the strongest man in the world.' ' , yes,' said Pippi, 'but I am the strongest in the world, remember that.

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I have never experienced being madly in love the way most people seem to have been, although it is not something I would miss. Instead I have had an enormous ability to love my children and my grandchildren and my great grandchildren.

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I have been very interested in labor movement. If I could have wished another life, I would have loved to be a pioneer woman in the beginning of labor movement.

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I don't mind dying, I'll gladly do that, but not right now, I need to clean the house first.

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What should a good children’s book be like? If you ask me, I can tell you after thinking long and hard: It must be good.

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A childhood without books – that would be no childhood. That would be like being shut out from the enchanted place where you can go and find the rarest kind of joy.

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Author Bio

  • NameAstrid Lindgren
  • DescriptionSwedish writer of fiction and screenplays
  • AliasesAstrid Anna Emilia Lindgren
  • BornNovember 14, 1907
  • DiedJanuary 28, 2002
  • CountrySweden
  • ProfessionScreenwriter; Children's Writer; Novelist; Writer
  • WorksMr. Nilsson; Pippi Longstocking; Emil I Lönneberga
  • AwardsHans Christian Andersen Award; Litteris Et Artibus; International Swede Of The Year; Deutscher Jugendliteraturpreis; Nils Holgersson Plaque; Svenska Dagbladet Literature Prize; ; Selma Lagerlöf Prize; Right Livelihood Award; Peace Prize Of The German Book Trade; Zilveren Griffel