The best Quotes by Selma Lagerlöf

The best Quotes by Selma Lagerlöf

Selma Ottilia Lovisa Lagerlöf (20 November 1858 – 16 March 1940) was a Swedish writer. She published her first novel, Gösta Berling's Saga, at the age of 33.

A mosquito is more annoying for a lion than a lion is for a mosquito.

Small Things Mosquitoes

Nothing on earth can compensate the loss of someone who loved us.

Grief & Condolence Loss

There's no safer place on earth than the arms of one's mother.

Mother Mother & Daughter Mother & Son

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.

Nils Holgersson - The Wonderful Adventures of Nils

Making a gift means to give something you'd actually like to keep.

Gifts & Presents

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Statecraft is the art of attending to small matters as diligently as grand ones.

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Even the smallest of us are capable of great things.

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Even the smallest person can change the course of the future.

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Small Things Fate & Destiny

How do we change the world? One random act of kindness at a time.

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Why didn't Noah get rid of the two mosquitos?

Why can't mosquitos suck fat instead of blood?

You are what you eat, which I guess makes me part mosquito.

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If you think you're too small to have an impact, try going to bed with a mosquito.

Anita Roddick

Small Things Motivation Mosquitoes

Those that we love never truly leave us, Harry. There are things that death cannot touch.

Albus Dumbledore in Harry Potter and the Cursed Child

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Grief & Condolence Day of the Dead

You are going to lose people in your life.
And I realize that no matter how much you spent with them,
or how much you appreciated them and told them so,
it will never seem like it was enough.

40

Grief & Condolence Missing Someone Loss

Harry, suffering like this proves you are still a man! This pain is part of being human.

Albus Dumbledore in Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix

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Humanity Breakup Grief & Condolence

Hope is like a shard of glass. Tread on it, and you'll end up wincing with every step. The best policy is to tweezer it out. Sure, it will hurt like billy-o and the wound will take a while to heal, but after that you can walk again.

Sebastian Fitzek in Therapy

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Hope Breakup Grief & Condolence

When you lose everything, that's when you're finally free.

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We're not defined by what we los. We're defined by what we survive.

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And as I go about discarding things, I realize what it is I can't let go of.

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Have you ever lost someone? It's like you're dying with them. They can move on. And you're stuck.

Eyk Larsen in 1899 - Season 1 Episode 2

A mother's love is the ultimate comfort.

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Mother Mother & Daughter

We never know the love of a parent till we become parents ourselves.

Henry Ward Beecher

2

Family Parents Mother Birth

There is no friendship, no love, like that of the parent for the child.

Henry Ward Beecher

2

Children & Childhood Fathers Parents Mother

If true and unconditional love exists in this world, then it has to be the love between a mother and a child.

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1

Children & Childhood Mother Mother & Daughter

"NOT MY DAUGHTER, YOU B*TCH!" Mrs. Weasley threw off her cloak as she ran, freeing her arms. Bellatrix spun on the spot, roaring with laughter at the sight of her new challenger. "OUT OF MY WAY!" shouted Mrs. Weasley to the three girls, and with a swipe of her wand she began to duel.

Molly Weasley in Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows

1

Bellatrix Lestrange Mother & Daughter

A lot of mothers will do anything for their children, except let them be themselves.

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1

Mother Mother & Daughter Mother & Son

She used to be my only enemy and never let me be free
Catching me in places that I knew I shouldn't be
Every other day I crossed the line, I didn't mean to be so bad
I never thought you would become the friend I never had

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Mother & Daughter

Behind every small girl who believes in herself, there's a mother who believed first.

Mother & Daughter Girls

Mr. Fredricksen: "Hey, let's play a game. It's called: See Who Can Be Quiet the Longest."
Russell: "Cool, my mom loves that game."

Russell in Up

2

Mother & Son Mouth

If you attack my son again, I shall ensure that it is the last thing you ever do.

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1

Draco Malfoy Mother & Son

Parker, I'm your mother. Mothers don't lie to their sons. Now go wash your hands or santa's not gonna bring you anything for christmas.

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1

Mother Santa Claus Mother & Son

No man succeeds without a good woman behind him. Wife or mother, if it is both, he is twice blessed indeed.

Harold Macmillan

Men & Women Mother & Son

Jay: "I got you a little gift to celebrate. I know it’s not much...-"
Gloria: "It’s practically nothing!"

Gloria Pritchett in Modern Family - Season 6 Episode 22

2

Gifts & Presents

Ted it's fine, I'm a child of divorce. You guys keep fighting all you want - as long as the expensive gifts keep coming.

Lily Aldrin in How I Met Your Mother - Season 7 Episode 22

1

Gifts & Presents Divorce

Every kid has that one gift they want more than anything for Christmas. This is the story of mine.

Jake Doyle in 8-Bit Christmas

Gifts & Presents

The best presents don't come in boxes.

Hobbes in Calvin and Hobbes

Gifts & Presents

Some a-hole leaks it online and I'm like, you know, looking at the guy in the mirror brushing my teeth, "Dude, what have you done? This could be punishable by law!" But the internet forced the studio to say, "We're gonna make this movie", and 24 hours later, that movie had a green light.

Ryan Reynolds - September 2025

But I don't understand why the Jeffrey Epstein case would be of interest to anybody. It's pretty boring stuff, it's sordid but it's boring and I don't understand why it keeps going.

Donald Trump - July 2025

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