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My bag was as light as my happy-go-lucky heart.


Tove Jansson

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When I was younger, I was always described as happy-go-lucky.
MICHAEL J. FOX This is too much reality for a Friday.
AS GOOD AS IT GETS There was this lynx at a zoo that was called Tove, and that I totally fell in love with. It was my d...
TOVE LO It's really my being lucky enough to bag an inch of candle that incites me to this pitch of punctual...
ISAAC ROSENBERG We ran a whole lot with him. I don't remember him ever causing any trouble, running over anybody or ...
RICHARD PETTY Dear as the light that visits these sad eyes; / Dear as the ruddy drops that warm my heart.
THOMAS GRAY Feast of George Herbert, Priest, Poet, 1633 Come, my Way, my Truth, my Life : Such a Way, as gives ...
GEORGE HERBERT My goal was to keep my average above .290. As long as I did that, I was happy.
BRIAN FINEGAN It's been about a month that he's changed on the bench. He's not as loose and happy go-lucky as he w...
CHRIS WIDGER He was the kind of guy, when things were down, he brightened them up. He was happy-go-lucky ... and ...
FRANK WOOD Cricket is my life. Before the cancer, I was happy-go-lucky. I used to think about my career and wor...
YUVRAJ SINGH Death is not scary enough and not so sweet life of the human foot leaves gentility.
IMAM ALI (AS) Go as far as you can see; when you get there, you'll be able to see farther.
J. P. MORGAN Go as far as you can see; when you get there you'll be able to see farther.
THOMAS CARLYLE I'm a happy-go-lucky character. I'm not that miserable. But I can never let anyone into my world.
NOEL GALLAGHER I think I have been very lucky as far as my acting career goes.
NATASHA HENSTRIDGE My roommates are all such happy-go-lucky guys, and I carry some of the stress around a lot more.
PIERCE BROWN Lie on the bridge and watch the water flowing past. Or run, or wade through the swamp in your red bo...
TOVE JANSSON It'd be awful if the world exploded, it's so wonderfully splendid
TOVE JANSSON All men have parties and are pals who never let each other down. A pal can say terrible things which...
TOVE JANSSON When one's dead, one's dead... This squirrel will become earth all in his time. And still la...
TOVE JANSSON Christmas always rustled. It rustled every time, mysteriously, with silver and gold paper, tissue pa...
TOVE JANSSON On the morning, Daddy and I get up at six o'clock because Christmas trees must be bought in the ...
TOVE JANSSON People idealise their animals, and at the same time they patronisingly overlook a dog's natural ...
TOVE JANSSON I only want to live in peace, plant potatoes and dream!
TOVE JANSSON A theatre is the most important sort of house in the world because that's where people are shown...
TOVE JANSSON She started thinking about all the euphemisms for death, all the anxious taboos that had always fasc...
TOVE JANSSON You can't ever be really free if you admire somebody too much.
TOVE JANSSON It was simply that she was only fully alive when she devoted herself to her singular ability to draw...
TOVE JANSSON Dogs are mute and obedient, but they have watched us and know us and can smell how pitiful we are.
TOVE JANSSON she counted out five sweets and put them on a saucer. Then she went and put them on the ledge in the...
TOVE JANSSON Есть на свете те, кто остается, и те, кто собирается в пу...
TOVE JANSSON There are such a lot of things that have no place in summer and autumn and spring. Everything that�...
TOVE JANSSON We sat talking on a rock. The air was filled with the tang of sea-weed and of something else that co...
TOVE JANSSON I wish I was more Moomin-minded.
TOVE JANSSON The hemulen woke up slowly and recognised himself and wished he had been someone he didn't know.
TOVE JANSSON Moominpappa was busy on the verandah, making punch in a barrel. He put in almonds and raisins, lotus...
TOVE JANSSON Those damn Moomins. I don't want to hear about them any more. I could vomit on the Moomintrolls.
TOVE JANSSON Everything's much too big here,' thought Moominmamma. 'Or perhaps I'm too small.
TOVE JANSSON You must go on a long journey before you can really find out how wonderful home is.
TOVE JANSSON It looks rather ordinary," said the Snork. "Unless you consider that a top hat is always somewhat ex...
TOVE JANSSON It was a particularly good evening to begin a book.
TOVE JANSSON One summer morning at sunrise a long time ago
I met a little girl with a book under her arm. TOVE JANSSON Only farmers and summer guests walk on the moss. What they don't know - and it cannot be repeated to...
TOVE JANSSON Once a year the Hattifatteners collect there before setting out again on their endless foraging expe...
TOVE JANSSON An island can be dreadful for someone from outside. Everything is complete, and everyone has his obs...
TOVE JANSSON This has completely disturbed my peace," he complained. "A philosopher should be protected against t...
TOVE JANSSON Someone who eats pancakes and jam can't be so awfully dangerous. You can talk to him.
TOVE JANSSON When they reached the top of the hill they turned and looked down at the valley. Moominhouse was jus...
TOVE JANSSON And here I sit with my stamps in a complete muddle, and nobody has bothered to tell me what it's all...
TOVE JANSSON People carry their loved ones with them. They are forever present.
TOVE JANSSON Every year, the bright Scandinavian summer nights fade without anyone's noticing. One evening in Aug...
TOVE JANSSON ... As far I did it... I lost playing against my computer... and I won against my computer. So far t...
DEYTH BANGER I think I'm lucky that I had kids as spread out as much as I did, 'cause my son, my oldest, ...
TOM HANKS Henry was very friendly, a happy-go-lucky guy and a gentleman.
LUPE SILVA I can tell you that my sister never expressed fear to me. I talked to her the Sunday before she died...
LUHANNA CHESLEY As far as expectations go, you can never work for expectations. You have to work against them.
KAJOL And as far as guitars go, I loved Jimmy Bryant and Speedy West's stuff.
WILLIE NELSON Men, we don't get much, as far as holidays go - Father's Day.
DMX As far as cities go, Havana is a festering treasure chest, a primary color.
BRIN-JONATHAN BUTLER And if you can’t shape your life the way you want, at least try as much as you can not to degrade ...
CONSTANTINOS P. CAVAFIS It was wonderful. I played the best poker of my life and I got as lucky as I've ever gotten in my li...
GREG RAYMER I'm tired of being thought of as Miss Goody Two-Shoes... the girl next door, Miss Happy-Go-Lucky...
DORIS DAY My heart was pounding out of my chest (during the final minutes) but I'm happy now.
GIGI BECALI teacher:"I'm teacher, not because i want to teach children something. I am teacher just because I li...
MY TEACHER My father was a vaudevillian, and my mother was principal boy in pantomime among other things such a...
GALE GORDON Even as the words came out of my mouth, my heart was dying a million deaths.
ANTHONY KIEDIS May your thoughts be as glad as the shamrocks, may your heart be as light as a song, may each day br...
IRISH BLESSINGS I'm a happy-go-lucky character. I'm not that miserable. But I can never let anyone into my w...
NOEL GALLAGHER As far as the fouls go, we are not going to rely on anyone else to make the calls for us.
DAN QUINN In the States, tennis is sixth or seventh on the totem pole as far as sports go.
ANDY RODDICK As far as control and stuff is concerned, I never had any more in my life than for that All-Star gam...
CARL HUBBELL I've seen them go for as high as $50 for a little sandwich bag full.
JIM HEINZ The summer of 1943 at Exeter was as happy a time as I ever had in my life.
JOHN KNOWLES As far as we are concerned, we Syria have not changed.
BASHAR AL-ASSAD As far as the style, I was fascinated by surrealism.
MARK MOTHERSBAUGH As far as I know, I have no pride of opinion.
ALBERT J. NOCK Nothing trumps honesty, as far as I'm concerned.
DAVID KOECHNER As I handed her the bag, the old scars on my wrist throbbed with buried memories.
MAGGIE STIEFVATER My most treasured item is the brown leather bag that my mum bought me from a little Italian shop for...
FELICITY JONES I was so excited when I got my name on my bag. Usually when you're an amateur, you can't have your n...
MICHELLE WIE It really was an incredible creature as frightening as it is. It was his domain, and he was the boss...
JONATHAN GENANT That was basically lucky. I timed it right. That was at the peak of my jump when I caught it. That's...
BRENDAN HARRIS I've been very lucky in my long life. On three continents, in diverse cultures, through happy mo...
DINO DE LAURENTIIS If I can just keep searching for things that move my heart and soul as much as this story, you can't...
HILARY SWANK As far as the mechanics go, working with other people on received ideas was for me a very interestin...
ROBERT SHECKLEY My heart is true as steel.
WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE I was happy. I wasn't going to say anything about that. I looked around and said, 'Whoa! It's my luc...
LEON POWE My pen beats faster as I write with my heart
MUNIA KHAN I hate to say it, but there seems to have been some sort of dumbing down as far as movies go.
SAM NEILL And as far as actors go, Peter Sellers is my all-time favorite.
DEMETRI MARTIN As far as actors go, you're not going to find many ballplayers better than me.
D. B. SWEENEY I talk to you as I talk to my own soul," he said, turning me to face him. He reached up and cupped m...
DIANA GABALDON With my background and genetic makeup,buddy, you're lucky I'm as normal as I am.
(Katra Agroter...
SHERRILYN KENYON My days are as bitter as our nights. His heart never stepped back into my life.
HENANNIE ZARAGOZA I was really lucky. My gal pal was my mom.
ANA ORTIZ As long as I can apply my craft, I'm happy.
BILLY WEST I have lucky boots for military embeds, a lucky scarf for road trips, a lucky handbag, and lucky day...
FARNAZ FASSIHI As far as I'm concerned, there is no subject that's off the table.
GARRY TRUDEAU As far as festivals, nothing tops Cannes.
SASHA LANE

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TOVE JANSSON Every year, the bright Scandinavian summer nights fade without anyone's noticing. One evening in Aug...
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