“ Älskade Lillebror, vad är det som har hänt, sa hon och slog armarna om honom.Krister har kastat sten på mej, sa Lillebror argt.Nej, vet nån vad, sa mamma, en sån elak pojke! Varför kom du inte in och… Astrid Lindgren
“ 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… Astrid Lindgren
“ Aš turiu suspigti kartu su pavasariu, kitaip sprogsiu. Klausyk! Juk ir tu girdi pavasarį! Astrid Lindgren
“ Kalle denkt—trotz der kostbaren Zeit—nach. Manchmal aber lohnt es sich, ein wenig Zeit für das Nachdenken zu opfern. Astrid Lindgren
“ I'm going to bed now, Lovis! Not to sleep. But to think and to curse, and woe better anyone who disturbs me! Astrid Lindgren
“ Jag är så rädd att få ett hjärta av sten, för jag tror att det skaver i bröstet och gör ont. Astrid Lindgren
“ 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. Astrid Lindgren
“ Jag har inget emot att dö, bara inte i morgon, jag har en del jag skall göra först. Astrid Lindgren
“ Не може ли да помолиш майка си да ни приготви вместо една торта с осем свещи, осем торти с една свещ? Astrid Lindgren
“ 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 h… Astrid Lindgren
“ Summer would not last forever; he knew it and Ronia knew it. But now they began to live as if it would, and as far as possible they pushed away all painful thoughts of winter. Astrid Lindgren
“ Yes, she was lonely, but she missed no one in particular. Whom could she miss? Her days were full of life and pleasure, but they passed so quickly. Astrid Lindgren
“ He's the strongest man in the world.'', yes,' said Pippi, 'but I am the strongest in the world, remember that. Astrid Lindgren