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.
Nothing on earth can compensate the loss of someone who loved us.
There's no safer place on earth than the arms of one's mother.
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.

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Statecraft is the art of attending to small matters as diligently as grand ones.
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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How do we change the world? One random act of kindness at a time.
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.
Kermit the Frog in The Muppet Show - Before You Leap
If you think you're too small to have an impact, try going to bed with a mosquito.
Those that we love never truly leave us, Harry. There are things that death cannot touch.
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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.
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Harry, suffering like this proves you are still a man! This pain is part of being human.
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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.
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And as I go about discarding things, I realize what it is I can't let go of.
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
Maybe the best way to cope with the loss of the people we love is to find them in as many places and things as we possibly can.
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Anyone who has lost something they thought was theirs forever finally comes to realise that nothing really belongs to them.
A mother's love is the ultimate comfort.
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We never know the love of a parent till we become parents ourselves.
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There is no friendship, no love, like that of the parent for the child.
2
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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"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.
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A lot of mothers will do anything for their children, except let them be themselves.
Banksy in Wall and Piece
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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
Spice Girls - Mama, Album: Spice
Behind every small girl who believes in herself, there's a mother who believed first.
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
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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.
Lynette Scavo in Desperate Housewives - Season 2 Episode 19
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No man succeeds without a good woman behind him. Wife or mother, if it is both, he is twice blessed indeed.
Chris: "That'd be my momma. I owe everything to her."
Jenny: "A man who loves his momma."
Chris: "Love is a part of it. The rest is pure fear."
In From the Cold - Season 1 Episode 1
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
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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
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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
The best presents don't come in boxes.
One candidate is too old and mentally unfit to be president. The other one is me.
Joe Biden - März 2024
What do you call an Asian Dwayne Johnson?
The Wok.

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