"Well, it's not so easy to give..." - Quote by Hans Christian Andersen

“Now, if we only had as many casks of butter as there are people here, then I would eat lots of butter!”

“Each soldier was the living image of the others, but there was one who was a bit different. He had only one leg, for he was the last to be cast and the tin had run out. Still, there he stood, just as steadfast on his one leg as the others on their two; and he is the tin soldier we are going to hear about.”

“The sun shines upon good and bad alike.”

“The superior man undergoes three changes. Looked at from a distance, he appears stern; when approached, he is mild; when he is heard to speak, his language is firm and decided.”

“A stated truth loses its grace, but a repeated error appears insipid and ridiculous.”

“I want to always be viewed by my readers as a friend and not as an authority or an expert.”

“There exists a passion for comprehension, just as there exists a passion for music. That passion is rather common in children, but gets lost in most people later on. Without this passion there would be neither mathematics nor natural science.”

“But one must know where one stands, and where the others wish to go.”

“And when I came in with tears in my eyes, you always knew whether I needed you to hold me or just let me be. I don't know how you knew, but you did, and you made it easier for me.”