A mosquito is more annoying for a lion than a lion is for a mosquito.
Small Things, MosquitoesSelma LagerlöfComment
Nothing on earth can compensate the loss of someone who loved us.
Grief & Condolence, LossSelma LagerlöfComment
There's no safer place on earth than the arms of one's mother.
Mother, Mother & Daughter, Mother & SonSelma LagerlöfComment
Once there was a boy. He was, let us say, something like fourteen years old; long and loose jointed and towheaded. He wasn't good for much, that boy. His chief delight was to eat and sleep, and after that he liked best to make mischief.
Selma Lagerlöf in Nils Holgersson - The Wonderful Adventures of NilsComment
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